Today's Hellfighters

Do to this the members often played with battered instruments due to the condition of travel and war. Despite this the soldiers preformed an essential role towards boosting moral by providing an atmosphere void of the war.

Corporal Angelo Crapsey of Roulette, Pennsylvania, a young man who decided to enlist in the Union Army during the Civil War was considered to be a "lively and cheerful” (Bateson 1) young man by his friends, but the war changed him and he home a much darker man. He wanted to fight for his country and keep the country together when the south decided to fire on Fort Sumter he decided to enlist. He fought and survived the Battles of Antietam and Gettysburg and even survived dysentery which is a dieses that is common when proper toilets are not available. Corporal Crapsey and his unit arrived too late to fight in the Battle of Cedar Mountain in Virginia, so he was assigned to clean up duty, to help burry the bodies of the fallen in battle that day.

Many people know of the story of the Tuskegee Airmen, they were the first African American Fighting group that flew combat missions for the United States military in World War II. Throughout their time overseas they were breaking down racial barriers by proving that colored men can fly a plane just as well as their white aviation counterparts. In order to get their chance to prove that they were able to serve their country, many things had to go right before they were allowed to take their wheels off the ground. They faced constant discrimination but because of that discrimination they were able to conquer the stereotypes and rise to become some of the most decorated

The 54th Massachusetts Regiment aka the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, was the first official all African-American regiment with 1007 black troops and 3 white officers leading them. There was one very heroic man among named Robert Gould Shaw who was one of the white officers. The regiment began in the Boston Common and went down to South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. The regiment carried out a lot of operations across these states including the siege of Fort Wagner. Fort Wagner was not necessarily a win but it still showed heroic

The unit was officially named the first United States volunteer cavalry, but after many disreguarded nicknames, they eventually became known as "Roosevelt's Rough Riders." The volunteers that formed the rough riders came from four states, Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. Theodore Roosevelt used his political influence to outfit his regiment with all the latest weapons and uniforms designed to set them apart from the rest of the army. The rough riders encountered their first problem before even leaving the US for Cuba. General Shafter ordered the departure of the rough riders early before there was sufficient space for all the troops, equiptment, and horses. One fourth of the men in the regiment were left behind as the troops set off for Cuban shores, and virtually all the horses and mules were left behind as well. The regiment was then struck by a series of deaths caused by malaria and yellow fever also before hitting Cuban shores, sending the men into Cuba with a low morale before the fighting even started. Leaving the regiment without most of their horses which they were trained to used also contributed to the low morale of the unit. The band of soldiers although having to suffer through unbearable heat, millions of misquitoes, and scorpions, only had to wait 2 short days to see combat. They were one of many regiments at the assault of the Spanish Fortification at Las Guasimas. However they recieved many praises for their

In a memoir titled World War I as I Saw It: The Memoir of an African American, it displays black heroism during a fight on September twenty sixth. At roughly 11 A.M. the men were commanded “Over Boys Over” and the first round of black men ran through No Mans Land, with their bayonets drawn. The Germans fell back and left their first trench. And in Bruce Wright’s words this was “the begingning of the most fierce struggle that I ever was in… But at the command those black boys seemed to all come out of the trence at once, all shouting at the top of their voices in a sort of weird ‘eh joa.’”

The 442 restored their honor. They returned home heros of war and were looked at differently by all Americans, not as aliens, but as United States citizens. They became the most decorated combat team in U.S. history and freed their families from internment camps restoring honor. “The 100th Battalion/442nd RCT, in just over one year, compiled an astonishing combat record. But this segregated unit, almost entirely comprised of Japanese Americans, suffered an equally remarkable number, about 800, killed or missing in action. They won seven Distinguished Unit Citations, including one awarded personally by President Harry Truman… Over 4,000 Purple Hearts, 29 Distinguished Service Crosses, 588 Silver Stars, and more than 4,000 Bronze

The Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, commanded by Robert Gould Shaw, was one of the most famous regiments of black soldiers. Among its members were two of Frederick

The 369th Infantry Regiment otherwise known as the Harlem Hellfighters was the first all-black US combat unit that was shipped during WW I and was crucial in the WWII battles in Hawaii and Okinawa. These members who were skilled and very proud were shipped to Hawaii and protected the Hawaiian islands with antiaircraft from Japanese attack. William De Fossett was one of the main leaders of the 369th regiment, who joined it due to the regiments fame from the waning days of World War I. The original Harlem Hellfighters fought with the French Army and were awarded for their excellent service. De Fossett made the highly selective and demanding requirements of the 369th regiment. He grew up in the highly cultured

Do you the readers know who the meanest toughest member of the greasers is . do you know that to be heroic you gotta be real brave and tough also real smart. And the bravest greaser is the least obvious . he takes to take care of his own . he works hard doing it to just to care for his brothers. In that Darry is the most heroic because he does all of that

I read the article, “World War I as I Saw it: The Memoir of an African American Soldier.” This article consists of a memoir written by Bruce Wright and an introduction written by his grandchildren, Tracey Spencer and James Spencer. This article was published in the Massachusetts Historical Review in 2007. Before the memoir, an introduction written by Bruce Wright’s grandchildren appears. In it, they write of his personality and family, as well as a brief introduction to his life in the army. The memoir begins with Bruce stating that his company (Company L) was the only African American company in the Massachusetts National Guard. Bruce was shocked that the Colonel in charge of the regiment treated Bruce Wright’s company no different than what he treated the white companies. After moving to many different camps around Massachusetts for drill, Company L was sent to North Carolina. Here, Company L experienced ill treatment from many white soldiers. There was so much fighting between the men that soon Company L was moved to another camp. Then, at the end of March 1918, Company L set sail for France. The trip was difficult for the soldiers, with nothing but rough

The U.S. Army, given the size of the force, was pressed by American public alert, and even more by the develops of Lt. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, a New York official, and his First Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, a collection of western cowboys and eastern elites recognized as the “Rough Riders” (Robert, 1993, p. 74).

William Harvey Carney, Junior was an African American Union Sergeant in the Civil War, and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military honor. He received the medal for his bravery as a member as the 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry.

I will be writing about a special group of Puerto Ricans enlisted in the US Army between the years 1899 and 1959. This group of Puerto Ricans were termed as "The Borinqueneers". Due to my culture background I was educated in the fact that they were the first organization composed entirely of native Puerto Ricans who voluntarily enlisted in the new American Colonial Army in 1899. This group of Puerto Rican soldiers has a long history and they are very rich in traditions and military merits. The members of "The Borinqueneers" were soldiers who lived over the ideas and concept of what it was to serve their country and their nation with passion and dedication. Nearly 100,000 men served for several years in this unit, they were braves soldiers who devoted their lives to the service and are considered real war heroes.

There are few companies in the 101st Airborne that achieved the status the men of Easy Company would gain during their career in World War II. From the making of formation of the company at Camp Toccoa, in Georgia, the men of Easy Company were destined to impact the course of the war. They became legends in American military history with their acts of bravery and heroics they showed in the face of the German army. From Normandy to Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest, their fame grew with each great mission they accomplished. The generations that would follow respected the uniform they wore, and the company’s comradeship grew deeper than a normal soldier’s companionship would in a war with his fellow- man. Throughout the book, Stephen Ambrose, pointed