The Harlem Hellfighters were the most celebrated Black regiment in World War I. This division was made up of nearly 70 Black soldiers from Texas. When these soldiers first arrived in France, all they did was unload cargo for the AEF because white officers did not want to fight with them in their units.
The Hellfighters were turned over and reassigned to the _____________ Army when those forces were depleted, and demonstrated their bravery when they defeated large numbers of German soldiers in France.