Mary Kearney was a leader of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, a unit depicted in the Tyler Perry movie “The Six Triple Eight” released on Netflix.
Donna Monteleone of Sandy Hook, a veteran of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, was among the 14 veterans recently inducted into the Connecticut Veterans Hall of Fame.
Netflix's 'Six Triple Eight' tells the heroic true story of the only all-Black, all-female battalion in WWII, led by Tyler Perry and starring Kerry Washington.