L.A.P.D. Ebony Picnic

September 6, 2023Posted inBattling While Black, Event
Major General Gravett will be attending the annual L.A.P.D. Ebony Reunion Picnic to be held at the Kenneth Hahn Park, 4100 S La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90056 on Saturday, September 16, 2023 from 10 am to 4 pm. The General will be available to talk about his upcoming book, "Battling While Black", while enjoying the reunion festivities.

Presentation Signing Event

August 19, 2023Posted inBattling While Black, Event, Presentation
Major General Gravett will be presenting his book, "Battling While Black - General Patton's Heroic African American WWII Battalions" to the The Military Order of The World Wars, Conejo Valley Chapter at the Los Robles Golf Course Banquet Center in Thousand Oaks on Saturday evening, February 21, 2024 beginning at 1730.

Presentation at National World War II Museum

June 22, 2023Posted inBattling While Black, Event, Presentation
On Saturday, December 9, 2023 at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans during the 16th International Conference on World War II, Major General Gravett will be presenting “Battling While Black” during the “Forgotten Heroes” session. The International Conference on World War II is the premier adult educational event bringing together the best and brightest scholars, authors, historians, and witnesses to history from around the globe to discuss key battles, personalities, strategies, issues, and controversies of the war that changed the world. Joining the featured speakers are hundreds of attendees who travel from all over the world to…

Battling While Black coming late Summer 2023

May 6, 2023Posted inBattling While Black
Major General (Retired) Peter J. Gravett's new book called “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: 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, 761st Tank Battalion, 333rd Field Artillery Battalion, and the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion." "Coming in September 2023!"

Book Contract Signed

December 14, 2022Posted inBattling While Black
We are pleased to announce that Koehler Books of Virginia will be publishing our book, "Battling While Black - General Patton's Heroic African American WW-II Battalions", with a scheduled publication date of September 2023.