The heroic efforts of the battalion are captured in Netflix's “The Six Triple Eight,” written and directed by Tyler Perry and starring Kerry Washington as the battalion’s commander, Major Charity Adams. The 6888th was tasked with handling a backlog ...

Tyler Perry and Kerry Washington team up for a new World War II film, "Six Triple Eight," shedding light on the 6888th Postal Battalion.

The star and executive producer and writer-director Tyler Perry tell EW about bringing the true story — about the first and only Black female battalion to serve in World War II — to the frontlines.