Table of Contents

List Of Illustrations
Foreword by Rod Paschall
Preface
Prologue: Strength of The Nation
1. “We Have The Regiment”
2. Pancho Villa Rides To The Rescue
3. “The Color Line Will Not Be Drawn In His Regiment”
4. The Man Who Stood For Something
5. The Honor Of The State
6. “I Will Startle The World”
7. “Black Is Not A Color of The Rainbow”
8. “Color, Blood, And Suffering Have Made Us One”
9. “The Man Has Kicked Us Right To France”
10. “Landed At Brest, Right Side Up!”
11. “This Pick And Shovel Work”
12. Ragtime In France
13. “God Damn, Le’s Go!
14. “He Can Go Some!”
15. “I Wish I Had A Brigade, Yes, A Division”
16. “There Was Nothing Between The German Army And Paris Except My Regiment”
17. “Lieutenant, You Shot Me! You Shot A Good Man!”
18. “Shell-Shocked, Gassed, Sunk To The Verge Of Delirium”
Epilogue: All Suns Had Gone Down
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About The Author

About the Author

Stephen L. Harris is the author of Duty, Honor, Privilege: New York’s Silk Stocking Regiment and the Breaking of the Hindenburg Line (Brassey’s, Inc., 2001), Harlem’s Hell Fighters: The African-American 369th Infantry in World War I (Brassey’s, Inc., 2003), and Duffy's War: Fr. Francis Duffy, Wild Bill Donovan, and the Irish Fighting 69th in World War I (Potomac Books, 2006). He lives in Weybridge, Vermont.

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"The story of Harlem s Hell Fighters is an important piece of history, both for America and the world."

"The story of James Reese Europe and the Hell Fighters is one of the best I know, and here it is told superbly. It is a story of bravery and courage, creativity and controversy, tragedy and transcendence. It reminds us, in nearly every line, of the extraordinary contributions of African Americans have made-not just to American life, but to the very essence of what it means to be an American."

"Very good . . . Useful not only to students of African-American history, but also to the general student of the American role in the Great War."