[5] During World War II, there was a significant shortage of soldiers who were able to manage the postal service for the U.S. Army overseas.

[6] In 1944, Mary McLeod Bethune worked to get the support of the First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, for "a role for black women in the war overseas.

[7] The Île de France encountered several German U-boats on the trip, forcing the ship to take evasive maneuvers,[10][1] but reached Scotland safely.

[6] In total, the unit handled mail for over four million military and civilian personnel, and cleared backlogs in the UK and France.

[12] The thirty-two officers lived in three houses opposite and, because the 6888th was a segregated unit, the women slept and ate in different locations from the white, male soldiers.

[2] Cold weather when they arrived meant the women had to wear coats and extra clothes when working in the unheated temporary buildings.

(The fourth, Elizabeth Ann Richardson, was a Red Cross volunteer killed in a Piper Cub plane crash near Rouen in July 1945.

[17] On March 15, 2016, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was inducted into the U.S. Army Women's Foundation Hall of Fame.

Five women from the battalion—Maybeel Campbell, Elizabeth Johnson, Lena King, Anna Robertson, and Deloris Ruddock—were present at the dedication.

[21] On May 13, 2019, US Ambassador to the UK Woody Johnson presented a blue plaque to King Edward's School to commemorate the 6888th's achievements while in Birmingham.

Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nevada)[11] introduced bipartisan legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the members of the Women's Army Corps who were assigned to the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion during World War II.

Theres suggested to Colonel Edna Cummings, who helped lead an effort for the monument to the Six Triple Eight in Fort Leavenworth, that the women should be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.

[28] Tyler Perry wrote, directed, and produced a Netflix film, The Six Triple Eight, based on the 6888 Postal Directory Battalion, starring Kerry Washington as Charity Adams.