‘I didn’t expect anything like this’: 104-year-old member of Six Triple Eight honored

PHOENIX (KNXV) – Snow, rain and heat can’t stop the mail. Neither can war.

That’s something that Maj. Fannie Griffin-McClendon knows personally, as even World War II couldn’t keep her from her duty.

Not even a broken hip for the 104-year-old could keep her from hitting the road for an event held in her honor.

For her, that honor is for all of the ladies of the Six Triple Eight.

“What do I want them to remember? That is the work that the women did to get the mail out to the troops all over the world,” Griffin-McClendon said.

Griffin-McClendon is now the last surviving member of the legendary unit.

The all-Black female battalion cleared a massive backlog of wartime mail, restoring connection, lifting spirits and providing their motto true: “No Mail, No Morale.”

“They told us all about