369th Infantry

• Also known as the Harlem Hellfighters, got the name hellfighters from the Germans 
• led by inexperienced black and white officers 
• first served under the Americans then moved to the French 
• they named themselves the "Men of Bronze" 

• earned the Cross of War from the French 
• two men took on 24 Germans 
• first African American regiment to enter the AEF
• treated badly by other units and white officers 

• they brought jazz to Europe by playing with the French during times that they were not fighting                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
• they were used for laborers to earn their way to become real american soldiers
• they earned their way to become soldiers by hard work and not giving up