Facing racism and segregation in their own country, the Harlem Hellfighters became one of the most decorated American combat units serving in World War I.
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Black Heroes Throughout US Military History

Meet the standout soldiers, spies and homefront forces who fought for America, from the Revolution to World War II.
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A Harlem Hellfighter’s Searing Tales from the WWI Trenches

Blue clouds of poisonous gas. Relentless shelling and machine gun fire. Horace Pippin’s art-filled journals recorded life in ‘them lonely, cooty, muddy trenches.’Read more…