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Romay Davis was honored at the age of 102 for her service with the the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalio, or the “Six Triple Eight,” during World War II, per NBC. Toward the end of the war, mail sent to U.S. troops were back piled in European warehouses as Allied troops were closing in on Hitler’s Germany. In June of 1945, just after the war, Davis’ unit sailed to France to lend a hand situate the mail load through deplorable conditions. However, with her leadership, they managed to get through a six-month backlog in just three months time. For her work, she received the Congressional Gold Medal from President Biden.
