157th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the French Army during the First World War. One source says it was known as the Red Hand Division from a device on its color. Two segregated African
Flag of the French 157th Infantry Division commanded by General Goybet American flag section commemorating the service of the 371st Infantry Regiment (United States) and 372nd Infantry Regiment (United States) in the division.
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The 371st Infantry Regiment was a segregated African American regiment, nominally a part of the 93rd Division, that served in World War I under French Army command, and also in World War II in the Ita
157th Infantry Division (France)
…regiments, integrated the division in WWI under the command of Général Mariano Goybet and received the French Croix de Guerre. Freddie Stowers of the 371st Infantry Regiment was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. The 372nd Infantry Regiment was composed of segregated National Guard units as well as…
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