Word: 372nd
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...entertainment the Army put on for them and decided to make some of their own. The idea was catchy. Before long, they swelled from a quartet to an octet, then to a chorus of 16. By the time Lieut. Leonard de Paur joined the regiment in Arizona, the 372nd Infantry's Glee Club had 55 members, were singing war songs and Negro spirituals with a fair amount of polish, and the Army finally put them on special duty, to do nothing but sing...
...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 (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...