"They never got a salute," a daughter of one of the women said. The only all-Black, all-female battalion to serve in World War II in the U.S. and in Europe is set to be awarded the Congressional Gold ...

The women were sent to Europe to clear a backlog of 17 million pieces of mail waiting to be sent to U.S. troops. By Karoun Demirjian Reporting from Washington The only all-Black, all-female Army ...

The only Women's Army Corps unit of color to serve overseas in World War II received a Congressional Gold Medal on Tuesday, exactly 80 years after pulling off an incredible organizational feat. The ...

Memorial Day is for honoring and remembering the men and women who died serving in the military. Women are sometimes overlooked. At a new exhibit at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, ...

Editor's note: This essay is excerpted from the book "Black Women in WWII: Greatness Under Fire." Segregation, which was the prevailing policy of the military and much of America in 1941, ...

(Tribune News Service) — Thousands of books and films have been made over the past 80 years celebrating the bravery of American servicemen during World War II. But what about the 25 American women ...