Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

avebury

(11,080 posts)
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 09:52 PM Yesterday

The Six Triple Eight Movie

Added to Netflix today if you want to watch something that is a piece of history and a nice change of pace.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/the-six-triple-eight-review-tyler-perrys-inspiring-world-war-ii-postal-drama-mostly-delivers/ar-AA1wfkt4?ocid=BingNewsSerp

"The Six Triple Eight" is based on the inspiring story of the 688th Postal Directory Battalion, the only Black U.S. Women's Army Corps. that was actually sent to Europe during World War II (if you have any trouble memorizing this historical fact, don't worry, the movie will repeat it many times, including thrice in rapid succession right before the closing credits). Their mission was to fix the broken postal service, which was preventing correspondence from reaching the soldiers' families and from reaching the soldiers themselves, which had a catastrophic impact on their morale.

They were given six months to fix the problem and got it done in 90 days (Kerry Washington mentioned this when she was on The View this week).

3 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
The Six Triple Eight Movie (Original Post) avebury Yesterday OP
Im going to look DiverDave 23 hrs ago #1
Good movie and SocialDemocrat61 23 hrs ago #2
Looks like an interesting movie, and I like historical dramas... Wounded Bear 22 hrs ago #3

Wounded Bear

(60,810 posts)
3. Looks like an interesting movie, and I like historical dramas...
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 11:29 PM
22 hrs ago

but I think you oversimplified what happened. The mail was disrupted because of the Battle of the Bulge, in which all of the army transport was diverted to assist in the near disaster of that final German assault on the US lines. Because of that the mail backed up in the rearward depots and wasn't picked up from front line units promptly. The women of the 688th pitched in and solved the problem in record time, even though their training had nothing to do with that specific task. It's a great story and I hope the movie does it justice.

Latest Discussions»General Discussion»The Six Triple Eight Movi...