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On December 27 1917 the Harlem Hellfighters were the first all black regiment to be shiped overseas during world war one. The offical name for this historic regiment was the 369th infantry's regiment. The regiment was honored by the germans because during 191 days of fighting in front they had no men taken nor ground given up. This is how they got there name the Harlem Hellfighters. After the war the french government awarded the entire regiment the Croix de Guerre.

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