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The Harlem Hellfighters – Vintage Photographs of The African-American 369th Infantry Regiment during World War I

July 15, 2018 · Articles · Blog

First organized in 1916 as the 15th New York National Guard Infantry Regiment and manned by black enlisted soldiers with both black and white officers, the U.S. Army’s 369th Infantry Regiment, popularly known as the “Harlem Hellfighters,” was the best known African American unit of World War I. Federalized in 1917, it prepared for service in