Monday, March 10, 2014

369th Infantry Regiment (First African American Regiment to serve with the AEF)


The Coat of Arms of the 369th Infantry Regiment.



Wartime poster of the 369th fighting German soldiers, with the figure of Abraham Lincoln above.



Soldiers of the 369th (15th N.Y.) who won the Croix de Guerre for gallantry in action, 1919. Left to right. Front row: Pvt. Ed Williams, Herbert Taylor, Pvt. Leon Fraitor, Pvt. Ralph Hawkins. Back Row: Sgt. H. D. Prinas, Sgt. Dan Strorms, Pvt. Joe Williams, Pvt. Alfred Hanley, and Cpl. T. W. Taylor.




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