The 369th Infantry Arriving Home on the France
1917 - ca. 1919
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The full caption for this item is as follows: Famous [African American] regiment arrives home on the France. New York's famous 369th (old 15th) Infantry [African American] troops arrive at Hoboken, New Jersey. They are the only regiment which never had one of their men captured and never lost a foot of ground or a trench, also the only unit in the American Expeditionary Force which bore a state name and carried a state flag.
This primary source comes from the Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs.
National Archives Identifier: 533528
Full Citation: Photograph 165-WW-127(42); Famous [African American] regiment arrives home on the France. New York's famous 369th (old 15t . . .; 1917 - ca. 1919; American Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs, 1917 - 1918; Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, Record Group 165; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/369th-infantry-home-france, June 5, 2023]Activities that use this document
- African American Soldiers and Civil Rights During WWI
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