Congressional Gold Medal Awarded to Family of Portsmouth WWII Veteran

Congressional Gold Medal awarded to family of Portsmouth WWII veteran

The family of a Portsmouth native was presented with the Congressional Gold Medal on Friday.

Portsmouth’s Doris Moore awarded Congressional Gold Medal 33 years after her death

Thirty-three years to the day she died, Doris Moore was honored with a Congressional Gold Medal for her service during World War II as a member of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion.

Portsmouth Woman Is Awarded Gold Medal - The Pulse of NH

More than three decades after her death, a Portsmouth woman is being awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. Doris Moore is being honored for her service during World War Two, where she was a member of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion. That battalion was the only all-Black, all-female United States Army unit that was sent […]