369th Infantry Regiment World War One

[recumbentgoat]

The 15th New York Infantry was authorized in 1913 and was not formed until 1916. The armory was a cigar store with a dance hall above it on Seventh Ave. and 131st Street, Harlem. Two hundred Negro residents in the city, who had previous military service, became the nucleus for the new regiment. Overcoming many obstacles, Colonel William Hayward, a

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[laurent_atl]

if the weather permits, i plan to go to pay my respects to their memorial in the ardennes the day after christmas.