Debra Willett, granddaughter of "Harlem Hellfighters" Sgt. Leander Willett, holds the Congressional Gold Medal award for the unit's service during World War I at a Wednesday afternoon ceremony in ...
Over a century after their service in World War I, the all-Black military unit known as the Harlem Hellfighters has been honored with the Congressional Gold Medal. The recognition comes as efforts to ...
WASHINGTON — The Harlem Hellfighters — an African-American regiment that fought longer on the frontlines of World War I than any other Army unit its size — were honored Wednesday with the ...
WASHINGTON — Defense officials, congressional leaders and lawmakers honored members of a famed African-American regiment from New York that served during World War I, as part of a ceremony Wednesday ...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will honor the African American men of the 369th Infantry Regiment on Wednesday afternoon during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony. The fighters, known as the “Harlem ...