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African-American WWI 'Harlem Hell Fighters' proved their mettle, patriotism in combat

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Title
African-American WWI 'Harlem Hell Fighters' proved their mettle, patriotism in combat
Creator
U.S. Army
Date
1918
Description
African American stevedores in an undated photo during WWI. African American supply and services units provided a great amount of labor for the arriving American Expeditionary Forces in France in 1917-18.
Place
49.16594399170489, 5.382525529036168
Contributor
Col. Richard Goldenberg
Temporal Coverage
World War 1, 1914-1918

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