The Harlem Hellfighters, an all-Black U.S. regiment in World War I, were sent to fight under French command after being rejected by white American units. What followed was an extraordinary campaign of ...

Word In Black Soldiers of the 369th (15th N.Y.) who won the Croix de guerre for gallantry in action, 1919. Credit: By an unknown ...

For his bravery and heroism, he earned recognition including the Croix de Guerre with silver star from France. When he returned home, he did yet another kind act. He decided to transfer his ...

John turned 19 on May 12, 1944 – less than a month before D-Day. He’ll be celebrating his 100th birthday just four days after ...

During his military career, Johnson was awarded France’s Croix de Guerre after single-handedly fighting off a German raiding party in May 1918 — despite being seriously wounded. He was ...

Julius Reuter started his news service with them. Cher Ami, an avian member of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, received the Croix de Guerre in World War I after completing a mission with a bullet in ...

Jerome Preston '19, of Lexington, has been awarded the Croix de Guerre by the French Government for conspicuous service on two occasions while under fire. Preston left college during his Sophomore ...