Tyler Perry salutes the nation’s first and only WACs (Women’s Army Corps) unit of color to serve overseas with Kerry Washington as Major Charity Adams, commanding officer of the 6888th Central

Tyler Perry joins TODAY to share the inspiring real-life story of Netflix’s “Six Triple Eight” about World War II's only battalion of all-Black women. Perry also shares how he navigates hardships in his own life and opens up about the loss of his mother.

Tyler Perry puts two decades of directing experience to work on a true story from World War 2 of women tasked with sorting through 17 million letters.