My friend told me not to miss seeing the "6 triple 8" movie on Netflix. We did see it and I am telling you to do the same thing. The 6 triple 8 battalion - Central Postal Directory Battalion - was given the mission in early WWII to sort the backed up 17 million pieces of backup Army mail. Morale of the soldiers was low. Family back home hadn't heard from loved ones over there. Much of the mail was incompletely or poorly addressed. They got the whole thing done in half the planned time, despite the widespread, oft expressed doubt that anyone with Black skin couldn't do much of anything, doubly so for women.
