HARLEM, Manhattan (WABC) -- Congressman Tom Suozzi was joined by Harlem leaders Thursday to announce he is introducing legislation that would award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 369th Infantry ...

The Harlem Hellfighters will finally receive national recognition after their contributions have gone ignored. The Harlem Hellfighters, the first African-American unit to fight in World War I, will ...

The 369th Infantry Regiment Parade was held on Sunday in Harlem. The parade, which takes place on historic Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, celebrates the contributions African-Americans and Puerto ...

The U.S. Army has given the official go-ahead for a National Guard unit to bear a name its forebears earned in the trenches of World War I: the Harlem Hellfighters. The Army Center of Military History ...

The New York National Guard’s famed 369th Infantry Regiment, an African-American combat unit known as the “Harlem Hellfighters,” will be the subject of an online talk hosted by Finger Lakes Community ...

The tough-as-nails Black infantrymen that gave America’s enemies hell in World War I will be awarded Congress’s highest honor posthumously under a new law President Biden signed off on Wednesday. The ...

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Born William Henry Johnson in Winston Salem, North Carolina, Johnson moved to New York as a teenager. He worked various jobs - as a chauffeur, soda mixer, laborer in a coal yard, and a redcap porter ...

They were among the first Americans off the boats in France and were heroes on the battlefield during World War I, while also fulfilling crucial non-combat roles that helped lead the allies to victory ...