{"id":14554,"date":"2025-01-31T20:23:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T20:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rosen-testing.senate.gov\/?p=14554"},"modified":"2025-01-31T20:23:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T20:23:19","slug":"rosen-helps-push-for-a-congressional-gold-medal-ceremony-honoring-the-6888th-battalion-in-world-war-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/2025\/01\/31\/rosen-helps-push-for-a-congressional-gold-medal-ceremony-honoring-the-6888th-battalion-in-world-war-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosen Helps Push for A Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony Honoring the 6888th Battalion in World War II\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WASHINGTON DC<\/strong> \u2013 U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) joined Senate colleagues from both sides of the aisle in a bipartisan letter urging Speaker Mike Johnson to authorize a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony to commemorate the Women\u2019s Army Corps unit, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion. In 2022, Senator Rosen helped introduce and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/2022\/03\/14\/during-womens-history-month-rosens-bipartisan-bill-honoring-all-black-all-female-world-war-ii-battalion-becomes-law\/\">pass into law<\/a> a bipartisan bill to award this Battalion, composed of Black women serving during World War II, with the Congressional Gold Medal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Six Triple Eight was the only all-Black, all-female unit of the United States Army serving overseas during World War II,\u201d <strong>wrote the Senators.<\/strong> \u201cTheir momentous task was to clear out a three-year, 17-million-piece backlog of mail sent to American servicemembers on the battlefield. Their motto, \u2018no mail, low morale,\u2019 encouraged them as they faced these insurmountable odds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cToday, only two members of the Six Triple Eight are known to be alive,\u201d <strong>they continued.<\/strong> \u201cThose still surviving ought to not wait any longer to receive this long-awaited recognition they rightfully deserve. The design and production of the Six Triple Eight Congressional Gold Medal is complete. Therefore, we ask that you swiftly schedule a ceremony to recognize the service these women gave to our nation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The full letter can be found <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Letter-to-Speaker-of-the-House-for-6888-Congressional-Gold-Medal-Ceremony.pdf\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senator Rosen has been a strong advocate for women servicemembers and women veterans. Last year, she helped introduce a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/2024\/06\/12\/rosen-helps-introduce-bipartisan-resolution-commemorating-women-veterans-appreciation-day\/\">bipartisan resolution<\/a> commemorating Women Veterans Appreciation Day. She also led a bipartisan group of senators in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/2023\/06\/16\/rosen-ernst-duckworth-sullivan-introduce-bipartisan-bill-to-properly-recognize-female-veterans-combat-service-with-special-forces-ensure-access-to-benefits\/\">introducing legislation<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/2023\/09\/28\/rosen-leads-bipartisan-group-of-women-senators-urging-administration-to-recognize-female-veterans-combat-service-open-access-to-benefits\/\">urging the administration<\/a> to properly document female veterans\u2019 combat service in Iraq and Afghanistan, to expand their access to service-connected benefits. 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