The Six Triple EightThe 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was an all black battalion of the Womans Army Corps (WAC). The 6888th had eight hundred and fifty five enlisted African American women and officers. The battalion was commanded by Major Charity Edna Adams Early, who became the highest ranking African American woman in the military at the end of the war. It was the only all black, all female battalion overseas during World War II. The group was nicknamed