When the United States entered World War I in 1917, thousands of African-American men volunteered to fight for a country that granted them only limited civil rights.
After reading this book, you will know why the Germans feared the black men of the 369th and why the French called them Hell fighters..
Harris\'s accounts of the valor of a number of individual soldiers make for exciting reading, especially that of Henry Johnson, who defended himself against an entire German squad with a large knife.
Stephen L.
The entire regiment was awarded the Croix de Guerre, the French government\'s highest military honor.
Donning French uniforms and taking up French rifles, the men of the 369th fought valiantly alongside French Moroccans and held one of the widest sectors on the Western Front.
Pershing agreed to let serve under French command. units that American commanding general John J.
The 369th became one of the few U.
S.
Then they got their chance.
Once in France, they initially served as laborers, all while chafing to prove their worth as American soldiers.
Led by mostly inexperienced white and black officers, these men not only received little instruction at their training camp in South Carolina but were frequent victims of racial harassment from both civilians and their white comrades.
Infantry.
Infantry, a National Guard regiment later designated the 369th U.
S.
Many from New York City joined the 15th N.
Y.
When the United States entered World War I in 1917, thousands of African-American men volunteered to fight for a country that granted them only limited civil rights
