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Untold Stories Of The Harlem Hellfighters Of World War I

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Artwork via Wikimedia Commons

This year marks the centennial of the United States’ entrance into World War I — a conflict that claimed millions of lives, redrew the world map, and changed war forever. Countless stories of heroism and hardship emerged from the fight in Western Europe, and many of them involve the 369th Infantry Regiment.

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The Almost Unbelievable Story Of The MOH Recipient Who Took Out 20 German Soldiers During World War I

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U.S. Army photo by Pfc. F.C. Phillips

On Oct. 8, 1918, while serving on the Western Front, Army Cpl. Alvin C. York led a charge against a German machine-gun position during World War I, which resulted in 20 enemy casualties attributed to York alone, and the capture of 132 German soldiers.

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