The 6888 Postal Directory Battalion- Heroes of World War II

[@shyhedaisofine9817]

My mother 3rd from the left. May she rest. In piece. Love you mom Isofine Jacobs.💪💪💪💪💪❤️❤️❤️

[@d.morris9313]

Shyheda, did the ladies of the 6888th receive regular benefits after leaving and returning home?

[@shyhedaisofine9817]

@@d.morris9313 I really don’t know.? I was to young

[@jaesbow]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@SouthCentral_Regg_213]

Lying a$$ 😂😂😂

[@lovehildagrey]

they finally made a movie on it sir, and it major, it comes out on netflix dec 20th. I thank your mother for her service, may she rest in peace, im proud of her as if she were my own mother.

[@beatsfromsoda]

My grandmother Isofine Jacobs (pictured 3rd from the left at 5:30) was a member of the 6888 battalion. Very proud of her and the honor of being her grandson.

[@shyhedaisofine9817]

Who are u . I am her oldest daughter?

[@shyhedaisofine9817]

Who is this?

[@TracyAllenVideos]

How awesome! I hope that you will see that you have a couple of comments here and the two of you can connect! I hate that I don’t always get notifications from KZbin when someone is responding to a common I’ve made somewhere. So hopefully my comet will trigger you to come back and connect with someone that is apparently in your family!😮🙏🏾💞

[@Farkray26]

​@@shyhedaisofine9817 Chances are your niece or nephew.

[@lovehildagrey]

im very proud of your grand mother . may she rest i peace. thank you for your service. they finally made a movie on it sir, and it major, it comes out on netflix dec 20th

[@patrickrobinson4136]

There are only 4 women buried at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial… Three of these women were members of the 6888 Postal Directory Battalion: Sgt Doreen M. Browne, PFC Mary H. Bankston and PFC Mary J. Barlow… RIP soldiers - you are not forgotten !!!!

[@scroggins100]

I am a Brit Vet and I never understood the segregation of the US Forces. At one point I was the RAF liaison Officer on the USS Gaum and Iwo during the Lebanon fiasco in 83. Both ships, even then, had a unspoken colour bar.. I just never got it!

[@magriggswarner]

This is a wonderful video and the first I heard about the congressional gold metal being passed by congress. No one has contacted my Aunt to receive her metal. I am caregiver to my aunt SGT. Hilda Griggs who was a part of the 6888th Postal Directory Battalion. She will turn 98 on August 6th. She was 21 when she enlisted in PA although she was a NJ resident at the time. She is the last of 8 children, including my father. All brothers were in the military during WWII and my Father survived D-Day - thank God. I thank them all and every soldier for their service!

[@kamafavourite6526]

Many persons don’t know about them. Maybe these things will get sorted out with Tyler’s movie. Hopefully.

[@TracyAllenVideos]

Awww 💞 I hope that your aunt is still living. I will be attending a special screening of this movie on March 25 here in San Diego. I am a Navy veteran and just learned of this group of extraordinary women yesterday. Blessings to you and your family🙏🏾🇺🇸💞

[@lionspeakingagency9697]

My sister is currently a Combat Engineer in the Army. I thank these brave women that paved the way so that women like my sister can serve in advanced roles in today's Army.

[@elizabethrowland1194]

Our Aunt, Mary Elizabeth Green, was a member of the WWII Black Women's 6888 Unit, and we are proud of the accomplishments she and her fellow soldiers made in maintaining the morale of our overseas troops by clearing the 6months (?) mail backlog .

[@GlennSteffy]

In the name of my friends, neighbors, and relatives who served in WW2, THANK-- YOU SO VERY MUCH !!!!!

[@christina1wilson]

Thank you for bringing this almost unknown group of remarkable women to light!

[@mariorowland8342]

They filmed this movie in my town for Netflix just this week.

[@Alwaysturntup]

It comes out soon 😂 I just watched the trailer it looks really good

[@balamtheknowledge9578]

Oh ya tyler parrys got all the pandering lined right up.

[@Alwaysturntup]

@@balamtheknowledge9578 wtf are you even talking about stop being bothered for no reason….release yourself of that stress

[@balamtheknowledge9578]

@@Alwaysturntup they show them marching in the trailer like they are on the front lines with Kerry Washington giving orders like she's Sherman, not in a warehouse sorting through mail, at the end of the war which literally ayone can do. It's clear to everyone why this story got picked over the literal millions of others that could have been picked. A story about women sorting through mail sounds riveting. I'm sure they'd still be making a doc if it was all white women or men 🙄 God forbid you tell a story of the actual people who put thier lives on the line

[@balamtheknowledge9578]

@@Alwaysturntup literally has the marching like they are headed for the front lines and not to a warehouse to sort through mail. Kerry Washington standing like Custer saying WE HAVE OUR MISSION. ya it's to sit in a warehouse. "But there were rats" ya there were rats everywhere trying being on the front line and fighting threats at the same time. It's another pandering overhyped bulls%!^ story.

[@lesliesussan8765]

Charity Adams (Earley) was a role model and hero!

[@naomitalbott6011]

The efficiency and determination of these women is deeply inspiring. Thank you for this video.

[@YaraViera-z8d]

Thanks for sharing this history

[@chicolehoney2882]

Thank you all for your service!

[@perezla]

This is an amazing story that I was not aware of until now.

[@noahcount7132]

The ladies of the Six Triple Eight deserved recognition🎖for their heroic morale boosting role in WWII, but it was inexcusably late in coming. Also, why were Lt. Col. Charity Adams Earley's arms 💪💪omitted from the statue bearing her likeness?

[@lovehildagrey]

they finally made a movie on it sir, and it major, it comes out on netflix dec 20th

[@terrydawson2239]

A great story that this Air Force veteran didn't know. I'll be sure to watch the netflix movie in December.

[@bokvarv1926]

In theatre during war, espeecially during ww2 nothing and I mean nothing was more important for morale than mail from home, in fact mail from home was a matter of dying or living to most if not all GIs. This unit the 6888 served as true angles and heroes, aving countless lives and helepd win countless balltes by making dure the GI reviced mail from home. HEROES true HEROES all of them. Stay Strong, Go on and Never QUIT !!!

[@richardclark9906]

Well said; so true. Facts!👍👑💯

[@thelasonj]

This is so awesome, thank you for sharing 🖤

[@danielgardecki1046]

*Six Triple Eight* the film - Starts filming in my city *Bradford* the world's first *UNESCO City of Film* on the 16th of February 2023, with preparations starting in *Little Germany* today. Not sure why they need 25 days to prepare, as other productions which are just as big, if not bigger, and have also filmed in *Little Germany, Bradford* have all done their preparations (set building, set decorating, set designing etc) on the day as far as I know, plus they won't be able to close an entire neighbourhood of businesses and homes from the public for 25 days either.

[@mijoy1431]

That's amazing 💪🏾💪🏾🫡🫡

[@OptimusMotts]

Black women again to the rescue

[@jacobm-yv9kw]

They didn't even do the hardest jobs

[@veronicajones6403]

Thank you for sharing.,

[@soflyedits322]

here after watching the trailer for the movie on netflix ... excited to learn about this chapter of history!

[@His227]

I question the 6 month estimate and 3 month processing of the mail. Other sources state that the backlog of mail was estimated to take 2 years to process, but that the 6888 completed the task in six months. Stating that the estimation was 6 months and that the task was completed in 3 takes away from the tremendous effort and extraordinary competence and accomplishment of this amazing group of women.

[@billspeer1213]

"Other sources?"

[@josedeleon2866]

Of course Uncle Sam would give the hardest jobs, no body wanted to do, to the 6888. Although I honor their service, America should always be ashamed of any all black or all white units!!

[@dianegarza1310]

I saw the preview of this , movie and touch my soul can't wait to see the movie , They took too long to Honor these Beautiful Soldiers, ❤ God Bless Them even in Their resting place.❤

[@richardclark9906]

These Soldiers opened the door for so many Black Women to contribute their talent and ingenuity to the service of United States Military.👑💯

[@conservativeneurologyb4999]

Thanks Mr. Tyler Perry and Lady Oprah for making this an American History 'feature' film in 2024!

[@bangdollarsign]

Can I please be a movie about this and the 761st already?

[@RickBrown-mp3pe]

EXCELLENCE OF MY SISTERS IN ARMS. IN ALL OF AMERICA'S CONFLICTS, WE WERE THERE!!

[@GlennSteffy]

HELL, YESS !!!

[@sherrygoldman8938]

Just like Hidden Figures, we never saw this in our American History books. Why? So sad that so much history have been kept hidden. Now, we found out about the 6888 battalion...smh.

[@Airwane]

72 years Later! really

[@Airwane]

Tyler perry movie sent me here

[@larrybuchanan7161]

They were one of many that did NOT get recognized.

[@balamtheknowledge9578]

Oh Netflix has a pandering work in the making. They literally served for a couple months at rhe end of the war when almost all the hard fighting was done. I appreciate them and all but there are many more who did much more. I'm not apossed to them telling the story but it's painful how clear the reasons why they chose to pick this particular story.

[@jacobm-yv9kw]

Millions around the world died with no one to remember or recognize them. This one group of women is no more special than the rest.

[@larrybuchanan7161]

​@@balamtheknowledge9578 The Deployed Feb 3rd of 1945. As females it would have been unlikely they would have partook in combat anyway. BUT they were deployed for 7 months. However the 761 tank was there in the thick of it and Did extremely well. What they did was ignored as was the Tuskegee Airman and the Black troops during WWI . G M A B

[@larrybuchanan7161]

@@balamtheknowledge9578 They Deployed Feb 3rd of 1945. As females it would have been unlikely they would have partook in combat anyway. BUT they were deployed for 7 months. However the 761 tank was there in the thick of it and Did extremely well. What they did was ignored as was the Tuskegee Airman and the Black troops during WWI . G M A B

[@larrybuchanan7161]

@@balamtheknowledge9578 There are only 4 women buried at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial… Three of these women were members of the 6888 Postal Directory Battalion: Sgt Doreen M. Browne, PFC Mary H. Bankston and PFC Mary J. Barlow…

[@jrjoseph9213]

The bust does not look like her...

[@lasado27]

Just a reminder that was unit was NOT all black, it was "predominantly" black. In its ranks held women from Mexico, the Caribbean islands and elsewhere.

[@robertthomas3777]

🫡🦘🇦🇺👍

[@JamesZack-f9e]

We all understand that serving in our military and especially serving in WWII is heroic and all veterans SHOULD have light shined upon them...this movie trailer is disingenuous because it leads you to believe these women fought heroically in combat when in fact they worked in the postal service of the United States Army. The Army was having difficulties getting Mail to our troops. Moral was at an all-time low and to remedy the problem the Army formed the 6888th Postal Battalion. They did break many records sorting mail and did play a pivotal role in boosting moral back to our men in the field. So before you watch this movie, don't get your hopes up thinking we sent women into combat and this story is just now being told. #TheMoreYouKnow #ThankYouForYourService

[@crazychill6263]

I´m not sure whether this isn´t a prime example of sexism and racism that´s being celebrated

[@coreyct86]

What’s sad is that black women couldn’t even vote yet 😑

[@chrisgriffin7357]

Yeah we won ww2 with our postal delivering and sheeiit. We wuz kangz out der