A Member Of The Harlem Hellfighters (369th Infantry Regiment) Poses For The Camera While Holding A Puppy He Saved During World War 1, 1918
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The Harlem Hellfighters (369th Infantry Regiment)
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The 369th band played jazz for American wounded in the courtyard of a Paris hospital
Genuine jazz for the yankee wounded In the courtyard of a Paris hospital for the American wounded, an American negro military band, led by Lt. James R. Europe, entertains the patients with real American jazz.
Meet the Harlem Hellfighters
The Harlem Hellfighters, the most celebrated African-American regiment of WW1, only recently received its first U.S. commendation, the Congressional Gold Medal. The story of a valiant band of brothers and a country that ignored them for more than 100 years.
"17 Feb. 1919
-This day became an unofficial holiday of sorts for all of Harlem. Many black school children were dismissed from school so that they could attend the parade. With the addition of many adults there were thousands of people that lined the streets to see the 369th Regiment: the parade began on Fifth Av. at 61st Str., proceeded uptown past ranks of white bystanders, turned west on 110th Str. and then turned onto Lenox Avenue, and marched into Harlem"
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