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WWI's Harlem Hellfighters Who Cut Down Germans and Gave France Jazz
‘HALF MOAN, HALF HALLELUJAH’
Photo Illustration by the Daily Beast/U.S. National Archives
What the 369th had that set it apart was strong leadership by black officers as well as white— and the best damned band in the American Army.
Christopher Dickey
World News Editor
Published
May 29 2017
12:00AM EDT
Christopher Dickey
World News Editor
christopher.dickey@thedailybeast.com
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