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The Harlem Hellfighters' Great War
Documentary
History
War
Nicknamed the "Harlem Hellfighters", these African-Americans wanted to become ordinary citizens like everyone else. They saw fighting heroically in the trenches as their chance to achieve this. In 1918, the 15th New York National Guard Regiment became the most highly decorated unit of the First World War.
Top Cast
Philippe Baudoin
Musicologist, Jazz Historian
Barack Obama
Self
