The Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk held a re-designation ceremony to officially install the base as Fort Polk once again.

WASHINGTON - Their bravery knew no bounds during the first World War, and come September the descendants of the Harlem Hellfighters will finally see their heroic loved ones receive the Congressional ...

Fort Johnson was named in honor of Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a Black soldier who was a hero of World War I who was assigned to an all-Black regiment, the future 369th Infantry Regiment, and ...

Men of Diehard : an address book of the men of the Three Hundred Ninth Infantry Regiment by United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 309th ...

Johnson enlisted in 1917 with the all-Black 15th New York National Guard Regiment, later known as the 369th Infantry, or Harlem Hellfighters.

The 5-foot-4, 130-pound Johnson enlisted in the all-Black New York National Guard 369th Infantry Regiment 108 years ago and fought under French command in World War I due to segregation in the U.S.

Sgt. Johnson, a native of Albany, served in the all-Black 369th U.S. Infantry Regiment—famously known as the “Harlem Hellfighters”—during World War I.

He was the first African American general in the U.S. Army. He commanded the 10th Cavalry Regiment and the 369th Infantry…also known as the Harlem Hellfighters. This man was not to be trifled with.