A more unbending battle

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The night broke open in a storm of explosions and fire. The sound of shells whizzing overhead, screeching through the night like wounded pheasants, was terrifying. When the shells exploded prematurely overhead, a rain of shrapnel fell on the men below-better than when the shells exploded in the trenches...In A More Unbending Battle, journalist and author Pete Nelson chronicles the little-known story of the 369th Infantry Regiment-the first African-American regiment mustered to fight in WW I. Recruited from all walks of Harlem life, the regiment had to fight alongside the French because America's segregation policy prohibited them from fighting with white U. S. soldiers. Despite extraordinary odds and racism, the 369th became one of the most successful—and infamous—regiments of the war. The Harlem Hellfighters, as their enemies named them, spent longer than any other American unit in combat, were the first Allied unit to reach the Rhine, and showed extraordinary valor on the battlefield, with many soldiers winning the Croix de Guerre and the Legion of Honor. Replete with vivid accounts of battlefield heroics, A More Unbending Battle is the thrilling story of the dauntless Harlem Hellfighters.

subjects: African American Participation,  African American troops,  African Americans,  France,  France. Armée,  History,  Nonfiction,  Participation, African American,  Regimental histories,  Social conditions,  United States,  United States. Army,  United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 369th,  World War, 1914-1918,  United States. -- Army. -- Infantry Regiment, 369th,  United States. -- Army -- African American troops -- History -- 20th century,  France. -- Armée -- African American troops -- History -- 20th century,  World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- United States,  World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, African American,  African Americans -- Social conditions -- To 1964,  World war, 1914-1918, african americans,  African americans, social conditions,  United states, army, african american troops,  United states, army, regimental histories,  France, armee

Places: United States

Times: 20th century,  To 1964