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Old 02-27-2012, 12:20 AM
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Default Hellfighters spirit still lives in soldier today

Since the Revolutionary War, African Americans have played a significant role in the U.S. military. During World War I, one regiment, the 369th Infantry Regiment, became known as “the best known African American unit of World War I,” according to Edward Mikkelsen Jr., a contributor to blackpast.org. The 369th was a regiment from the 15th New York National Guard, originally organized in 1916 and manned by black enlisted Soldiers with both black and white officers.

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