Hero Photograph - BLACK AMERICAN HERO - HARLEM HELLFIGHTERS - W W 1 c. 1920 by Daniel Hagerman

BLACK AMERICAN HERO - HARLEM HELLFIGHTERS - W W 1 c. 1920 is a photograph by Daniel Hagerman which was uploaded on March 5th, 2020.

BLACK AMERICAN HERO - HARLEM HELLFIGHTERS - W W 1 c. 1920

From around 1920, Corporal Lawrence McVey posing in a military uniform, wearing the French Croix de Guerre medal. ... more

by Daniel Hagerman

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Title

BLACK AMERICAN HERO - HARLEM HELLFIGHTERS - W W 1 c. 1920

Artist

Daniel Hagerman

Medium

Photograph

Description

From around 1920, Corporal Lawrence McVey posing in a military uniform, wearing the French Croix de Guerre medal.

The photo is embossed [Alva Studio / 2249 SEVENTH AVE. N.Y.]. The inscription, [Forget me not] is handwritten in the top left corner. The Croix de Guerre Medal Certificate at bottom.

The 369th United States Infantry, nicknamed the “Harlem Hellfighters,” was the first African American regiment of troops to reach the battlefields of World War I.

The 369th Regiment was formed from the 15th New York National Guard Regiment and was recognized as part of the U.S. Army on July 15th, 1917.

The regiment arrived in Brest, France on January 1st, 1918, being the first African American U.S. soldiers to arrive in France and initially assigned to dam building and stevedores in charge of loading and unloading cargo.

The 369th Regiment, due to racial tension within the US Army was assigned to the French Army for the duration of US involvement in WWI.

The 369th were the first Allied troops of the war to reach the banks of the Rhine.

Upon completion of the 369th’s service in the war, the regiment had spent 191 days in combat, the longest of any American regiment.

The entire 369th Regiment, in appreciation for their actions in the Maison-en-Champagne campaign, was given the Croix de Guerre, a medal awarded by the French Government for acts of bravery in conflicts against the enemy.

In addition to this honor, 171 individual members of the 369th Regiment were awarded the Croix de Guerre and the Legion of Honor, France's highest medal for Heroism.

Based upon original archived images.