369th Infantry Regiment (Harlem Hellfighters)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:assignee gptkb:93rd_Infantry_Division_(Colored)
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Croix_de_Guerre
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Saint-Mihiel
gptkb:Meuse-Argonne_Offensive
gptkb:Belleau_Wood
gptkb:Champagne-Marne
gptkb:Chateau-Thierry
gptkbp:branch gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Colonel_William_Hayward
gptkbp:commemorates gptkb:Harlem_Hellfighters_Drive_in_New_York_City
gptkb:Harlem_Hellfighters_Memorial
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decorations gptkb:Medal_of_Honor_(posthumously_to_Henry_Johnson)
171 Croix de Guerre
gptkbp:disbanded 1946
gptkbp:formed 1913
gptkbp:fought_alongside gptkb:French_Army
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Harlem,_New_York_City
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 369th Infantry Regiment (Harlem Hellfighters)
gptkbp:motto gptkb:“Don’t_Tread_on_Me”
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Harlem_Hellfighters
gptkbp:notable_for African American soldiers
breaking racial barriers in the U.S. military
introduced jazz to Europe
high casualty rate
first African American regiment to serve with the American Expeditionary Forces
longest deployment of any American unit in World War I
influencing civil rights movement
never lost a man captured
never lost a trench
paraded up Fifth Avenue after World War I
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:Henry_Johnson
gptkb:James_Reese_Europe
gptkb:Needham_Roberts
gptkbp:originalName gptkb:15th_New_York_National_Guard_Regiment
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:New_York_Army_National_Guard
gptkbp:reconstituted_as gptkb:369th_Sustainment_Brigade
gptkbp:serves gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:subject documentaries and books
graphic novel by Max Brooks
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Noble_Sissle
gptkb:James_Reese_Europe
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6