The Harlem Hellfighters: African-American New Yorkers were some of WWI’s most decorated soldiers

Nov 11, 2020 |

New York’s famous 369th (Old 15th) Infantry Regiment arrives home from France. From the National Archives via Wikimedia Commons By the end of World War II, the Croix de Guerre, France’s highest military honor, would be awarded to the 369th Infantry Regiment. Better known as the Harlem Hellfighters, the regiment was an all-black American unit serving under […more]

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