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Harlem's Hell Fighters: The African-American 369th Infantry in World War I Symposium reliable rapid-fire machine guns andDescription by Stephen L. Harris Paperback When the United States entered World War I in 1917, thousands of African American men volunteered to fight for a country that granted them only limited civil rights. Many from New York City joined the 15th N. Y. Infantry, a National Guard regiment later designated the 369th U. S. Infantry. Led by mostly inexperienced white and black officers, these men not only received little instruction at their training