102-year-old Second World War veteran from segregated mail unit honoured

Romay Davis, 102, poses with a photo showing her during the Second World War, at her home in Montgomery, Alabama (Jay Reeves/AP)

A 102-year-old woman is being honoured for her service with an all-female, all-black military unit which got mail to US troops in Europe during the Second World War.

Millions of letters and packages sent to US troops had accumulated in warehouses in Europe by the time Allied troops were pushing towards the heart of Hitler’s Germany near the end of the war.