Major General Peter Gravett @peter_gravett
Nation's 1st African American to command a National Guard division. NEW BOOK OUT: Battling While Black: General Patton's Heroic African American Battalions peterjgravett.com/battling-while… Los Angeles, CA Joined February 2022-
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Join us in congratulating U.S. Army Major General (Ret.) Peter Gravett on his induction into the Boys and Girls Club of Los Angeles Harbor's Hall of Fame on Saturday, Oct. 5. #BGCA #HallOfFamers #Congratulations
Wishing you a happy #NewYear. Thank you for your ongoing support of #BattlingWhileBlack and the heroic men and #women of the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, 761st Tank Battalion, 333rd Field Artillery Battalion, and 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion.
#didyouknow The 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion was the only all-Black unit to land on D-Day, playing a crucial role in saving lives and establishing a vital supply route critical for keeping Allied troops fed and armed? #WWII #blackhistory #usarmy #Military #Militaryhistory #DYK
Thank you to everyone who joined us at the 16th Annual Leimert Park Village Book Fair! Keep an eye out for your invitation to our next #book event as we continue to #honor the brave, lesser-known men and women of #BattlingWhileBlack. #BlackHistory #BlackMilitary @LeimertParkBF
Have you picked up your copy of #BattlingWhileBlack? You can find it right here: a.co/d/hWZx4Uk and in stores! Thank you for supporting our journey and these valiant men & women who contributed to our #freedom and quality of life. #BlackHistory #BlackMilitary #WWII
“Battling While Black – General Patton’s Heroic African American WWII Battalions“, showcases four, heroic All-Black military units which the military reluctantly allowed to serve in WWII Europe: ORDER online from: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books a Million.
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One Negro soldier was drafted, leaving behind a housewife and 8 children. Left with no way to support their family, the older children scoured their neighborhood, offering to wash windows and cut lawns for nickels and dimes: lnkd.in/gKEU9Xhc #black #blackexcellence #WWII
“Colored soldiers were not initially trained for and never expected to see combat. If they were deployed to combat areas, it was for the sole purpose to support White soldiers and appease the Black Press and Black leaders back home.” peterjgravett.com/battling-while… #black #blackhistory
“During my father's basic training in the 'Colored' unit, inductees from outside the South had a difficult time adjusting to segregation . . . To my father and his fellow Southerners, the separation felt like home." peterjgravett.com/battling-while… #blackexcellence #black #WWII
“. . . My dad removed his service hat and placed it on my small-in-comparison head; I pivoted and marched around the room, and at that moment, I was a soldier.” Coming September 2023: peterjgravett.com/battling-while…
Sep 2023: MG(R) Peter J. Gravett's latest book "Battling While Black" takes readers on an eye-opening, thought-provoking journey back to WWII Europe, where four heroic, all-Black military units battled the Nazi regime despite epic challenges of from their own segregated America.
"𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙐𝙎 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝘼𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚, 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙛. 𝙒𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙬𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙛𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜."𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙞𝙣 𝟵/𝟮𝟯!
𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙎𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯! Major General (Retired) Peter J. Gravett's new book called “𝘽𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 – 𝙂𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙣’𝙨 𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙞𝙘 𝘼𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝘼𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙒𝙒𝙄𝙄 𝘽𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨“. Follow us!
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