Just weeks earlier, the arrival of another African-American regiment sparked a race riot in Houston. The Harlem Hellfighters: Fighting Racism In The Trenches Of WWI By Hansi Lo Wang Published Apat 4:58 PM PDT Listen 4:35 In 1917, the Harlem Hellfighters were first sent to train at Camp Whitman near Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Their first battle was during training camp in Spartanburg, S.C., in October 1917. Max Brooks, the author of the popular World War Z and The Zombie Survival Guide, collaborated with artist Canaan White to create the graphic novel The Harlem Hellfighters. But Sanders hasn't forgotten the unit's early history of fighting on the front lines in France and in the U.S. Today's Hellfighters specialize in combat logistics in places like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Mali. "Our enemies gave us our name, is an honor." Reginald Sanders, a former commander of the 369th Sustainment Brigade, which descended from the original World War I unit. "We did not give ourselves our name ," says Col. As soldiers, the Harlem Hellfighters left their mark in the trenches of France. The syncopated stylings of their regimental band, led by James Reese Europe, introduced French listeners to American jazz. "The French called them the 'Men of Bronze' out of respect, and the Germans called them the 'Harlem Hellfighters' out of fear," explains Max Brooks, author of The Harlem Hellfighters, a new graphic novel about the first African-American infantry unit to fight in World War I. They returned home one of the most decorated American units of World War I. The 369th Infantry Regiment served 191 days under enemy fire in Europe.
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