Panzer Grenadier: Black Panthers

The segregated, African-American 761st `Black Panthers` Tank Battalion racked up an impressive war record in 183 days of combat in France, Belgium, and Germany. We tell the story of their fight against the Nazis, and of their fight against the vile Jim Crow racism they faced in their own country. It`s the story of Sgt. Ruben Rivers, Medal of Honor winner, killed in action in November 1944 fighting his tank against insurmountable odds despite repeated wounds. It`s the story of Capt. Jackie Robinson, court-martialed for his refusal to sit in the back of a U.S. Army bus. And it`s the story of the author`s grandfather, liberated from the Gunskirchen concentration camp in May 1945 by Black soldiers of the 761st Tank Battalion.