The 6888 Postal Directory Battalion

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... Despite poor working conditions in a rat-infested warehouse, these devoted servicewomen worked 7 days a week, 24 hours a day in three eight hour shifts. And they achieved unprecedented success and efficiency in solving the military’s postal problems. It is no surprise that they broke all Army records for sorting mail! With the new tracking system that the 6 triple 8 Battalion created, the women processed an average of 65,000 pieces of mail per shift and cleared the six-month backlog of Birmingham warehouse mail in just three months ...