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Personal logo Editor in Chief Bill The Editor of TMP Fezian10 Dec 2024 8:09 a.m. PST

…As Union Army Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman once wrote: "War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it."

But director Tyler Perry does just that in his new movie, "The Six Triple Eight," taking that notion of the inherent ugliness of war and flipping it on its head. The result is a poignant and powerful tribute to the Army's first all-Black, all-female battalion, the 6888 Central Postal Directory Battalion, one that explores war as an opportunity to find the beauty in rising above. The women represented in the movie, as they did in real life nearly 80 years ago, face down the ugliness of the world while performing the critical role of processing an entire war's worth of mail -- and they did so with stunning grace…

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jgawne10 Dec 2024 9:37 a.m. PST

considering one of the main publicity shots shows the commander arriving in an M38 jeep (not built before 1949), does not bode well for this.

Grattan54 Supporting Member of TMP10 Dec 2024 10:11 a.m. PST

Gee, let me guess, we will all learn about racism and sexism again. Cool.

79thPA Supporting Member of TMP10 Dec 2024 3:25 p.m. PST

If you have read anything about the unit, it is a story well worth telling.

Grattan54 Supporting Member of TMP10 Dec 2024 6:58 p.m. PST

I am sure that is true. But a Hollywood movie have to focus on the racism and sexism they encountered. They all do.

TimePortal17 Dec 2024 9:32 p.m. PST

There was a section on the unit at the WAC museum which I visited when it was at Fort McClellan Al.

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