Word: 371st
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...World War I, only 10% of the 404,000 Negroes drafted and enlisted for the Army saw service in overseas combat outfits. Except for a few separate regiments (like the 369th 376th 371st and 372nd). their record was undistinguished. Some Army men today think Negroes are as good fighting men as whites, but also think they will never be able to prove it until they go into action led by Negro officers, show once & for all that they do not need white leadership...
...371st Infantry lost 1,047 men and officers killed and wounded, received 184 individual French and American decorations, captured many prisoners, guns and war material, and its colors were decorated with the French Croix de Guerre with Palm, with the following citation...
...369th was a fine outfit, and I do not wish to detract from its record, which was outstanding. I was a Company Commander in the 371st Infantry made up of drafted Negroes from the South. I respectfully challenge your statement that: "With one exception their battlefield record [negro combat units] was not so good. Exception was Harlem's 369th...
...371st Infantry (colored), the 372nd Infantry (colored) and the 333rd French Infantry (white) with French Artillery combat trains, etc., made up the 15 7th French Division, commanded by General Goybet. I quote from a message sent by him on Oct. 1, 1918 to the Colonels of the American Regiments in his Division...
PETAIN, MARSHAL OF FRANCE." CHESTER D. HEYWOOD, Captain Company K 371st Infantry Worcester, Mass...