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5		-	General Assembly Substitute House Joint
6		-	Resolution No. 6
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	6	+	General Assembly House Joint Resolution
	7	+	No. 6
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	12	+	Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AND MILITARY
	13	+	AFFAIRS
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	16	+	Introduced by:
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13	20		RESOLUTION HONORING THE MEMBERS OF THE 6888TH CENTRAL
14	21		POSTAL DIRECTORY BATTALION.
15	22		Resolved by this Assembly:
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17	24		WHEREAS, in November 1944, the United States War Department 1
18	25		lifted the ban on African-American and Latina women serving in the 2
19	26		Women's Army Corps, leading to the formation of the 6888th Central 3
20	27		Postal Directory Battalion; and 4
21	28		WHEREAS, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was a 5
22	29		unique unit of the United States Army in that said unit had the 6
23	30		distinction of being the only battalion deployed to the European Theater 7
24		-	of Operations during World War II ~~predominantly~~ composed of 8
25		-	~~African-~~American and Latina women; and 9
	31	+	of Operations during World War II exclusively composed of African-8
	32	+	American and Latina women; and 9
26	33		WHEREAS, eight hundred fifty-five African-American and Latina 10
27	34		women, consisting of eight hundred twenty-four enlisted personnel and 11
28	35		thirty-one officers, served in "the Six Triple-Eight", which was 12
29	36		commissioned from February 1945 to March 1946; and 13
30	37		WHEREAS, the specific mission of the 6888th Battalion was to sort 14
31	38		and clear a multiyear backlog of mail for members of the United States 15
32		-	Army, Navy and Air Force, American Red Cross workers and 16
33		-	uniformed civilian specialists, who were stationed in Europe, 17 Substitute House Joint Resolution No. 6
	39	+	House Joint Resolution No. 6
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	42	+	LCO No. 3516 2 of 3
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	44	+	Army, Navy and Air Force, American Red Cross workers and 16
	45	+	uniformed civilian specialists, who were stationed in Europe, 17
38	46		representing roughly seven million persons awaiting mail; and 18
39	47		WHEREAS, the 6888th Battalion trained at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, 19
40	48		and learned to identify enemy aircraft, ships and weapons, to climb 20
41	49		ropes, jump trenches and crawl under logs wearing gas masks, to board 21
42	50		and evacuate ships and to march long distances with rucksacks; and 22
43	51		WHEREAS, in February 1945, the first of the 6888th Battalion 23
44	52		embarked from Camp Shank, New York, to sail across the Atlantic 24
45	53		Ocean aboard the Ile de France, during which voyage said ship survived 25
46	54		close encounters with German U-boats and a German V-1 rocket 26
47	55		explosion near the dock upon arrival in Glasgow, Scotland; and 27
48	56		WHEREAS, upon reaching Birmingham, England, by train, the 28
49	57		6888th Battalion was met with warehouses stacked to their ceilings with 29
50	58		letters and packages; and 30
51	59		WHEREAS, despite enduring air raids and inhumane working 31
52	60		conditions in dark, unheated and rat-infested aircraft hangars with 32
53	61		broken windows, the 6888th Battalion developed a new mail tracking 33
54	62		system, worked seven days a week in three separate eight-hour shifts to 34
55	63		process an average of sixty-five thousand parcels each shift and cleared 35
56	64		a six-month backlog in three months; and 36
57	65		WHEREAS, the 6888th Battalion then traveled to its next assignment 37
58	66		in Rouen, France, where it encountered undelivered mail dating as far 38
59	67		back as three years and proceeded to successfully process and clear that 39
60	68		backlog in three months; and 40
61	69		WHEREAS, upon conclusion of its final assignment in Paris, France, 41
62	70		the last of the 6888th Battalion returned to the United States aboard the 42
63	71		Claymont Victory, and said battalion was disbanded in March 1946 at 43
64	72		Fort Dix, New Jersey, with no parade, public appreciation or official 44
65	73		recognition of its accomplishments; and 45
66		-	WHEREAS, the 6888th Battalion adhered to its motto of "No mail, 46
67		-	low morale" and provided essential support to the United States 47 Substitute House Joint Resolution No. 6
	74	+	House Joint Resolution No. 6
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	79	+	WHEREAS, the 6888th Battalion adhered to its motto of "No mail, 46
	80	+	low morale" and provided essential support to the United States 47
72	81		military in Europe by connecting servicemembers to their loved ones 48
73	82		back home, thereby achieving unprecedented success and efficiency in 49
74	83		overcoming the military's postal problems; and 50
75	84		WHEREAS, the 6888th Battalion was the largest contingent of 51
76	85		African-American and Latina women to ever serve overseas, dispelled 52
77	86		stereotypes and represented a change in racial and gender roles in the 53
78	87		military; and 54
79	88		WHEREAS, on February 25, 2009, the 6888th Battalion was honored 55
80	89		by President Barack Obama at the Women in Military Service for 56
81	90		America Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery; and 57
82	91		WHEREAS, on November 30, 2018, a monument inscribed "Women 58
83	92		of Determination, Dedication and Distinction" was dedicated to the 59
84	93		6888th Battalion at the Buffalo Soldier Commemorative Area in Fort 60
85	94		Leavenworth, Kansas; and 61
86	95		WHEREAS, the 6888th Battalion was awarded the Women's Army 62
87	96		Corps Service Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign 63
88	97		Medal, the Army Good Conduct Medal and the World War II Victory 64
89	98		Medal. 65
90	99		NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Connecticut General 66
91	100		Assembly hereby recognizes the 6888th Central Postal Directory 67
92	101		Battalion and honors said battalion for its outstanding contributions to 68
93	102		the United States military during World War II. 69
	103	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	104	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	105	+	underlined.]
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95		-	VA Joint Favorable Subst.
	107	+	Co-Sponsors: REP. BAKER, 124th Dist.
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	109	+	H.J. 6
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