b'Pvt. Ruth L. James of the 6888th Battalion in Rouen, 1945 | U.S. National Archives | Public DomainThe Six Triple EightBy Gigi McGrawOct. 30, 2 p.m.(Ashcroft movie theater) Composed of 855 Black women, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion (the Six Triple Eight), was sent to England in 1945 to clear a huge backlog of undelivered mail for American service members serving in WWII. How huge? Roughly 17 million pieces had piled up in three years. One general estimated it would take six months. The 6888th did it in three. As well learn from Gigi, it was a feat performed with a profound sense of duty by the only Womens Army Corps unit of Black women deployed overseas during the war. A feat that, until recently, the public knew very little about. Gigi McGraw is a writer and performance artist specializing in cultural and historical topics. 46'