A bill in Congress would rename a post office in Buffalo, New York, after the battalion's Indiana Hunt-Martin, who died last year.
And, there is a push for a Congressional Gold Medal.
"These women were trailblazers, and it is past time that we officially recognize them for the incredible contribution to our troops during World War II," said Sen. Maggie Hassan, a New Hampshire Democrat, who is co-sponsoring the bill.
Like McClendon, Moore's family said she would be honored, but not enamored by the award. She rarely talked about her time with the 6888th when she was alive, preferring to let those accomplishments speak for themselves.
"She would have said, 'This is an amazing, wonderful honor and I am very proud to have served.' Then she would have went on with her life," said Moore's niece Elizabeth Pettiford, who grew up next door to Moore in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
"I just don't think she would have made a huge thing about it because that was her personality. She kept a lot of things in."
--GreGen
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