page_title: 370th Infantry Regiment (United States)
section_title: World War I
hierarchical_section_title: 370th Infantry Regiment (United States) / World War I
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Lucien Edmond, pharmacien et photographe à Grandvillars de 1905 à 1918 a photographié durant la guerre des soldats en cantonnement dans son village. Une centaine de ces clichés concernent des soldats du 370th Infantery Regiment (régiment de la 29e Division d’Infanterie américaine en provenance de la région de Chicago). Fonds Lucien Edmond, cote 14 Fi. Archives départementales du Territoire-de-Belfort.
context_page_description: The 370th Infantry Regiment was the designation for one of the infantry regiments of the 93rd Infantry Division in World War I. In World War II, the regiment was part of the 92nd Infantry Division.
context_section_description: "In World War I the African American 8th Infantry was re-designated the 370th Infantry and fought under the French. It was the only unit entirely commanded by black officers."
  "During World War I, as the 370th Infantry, it served with distinction with the French 34th, 36th, and 59th Infantry Divisions, earning streamers for the battles of Lorraine and Oise-Aisne. Sectors occupied and engagements participated in were Saint Mihiel with the French in 1918, Argonne Forest, St. Gobain Forest, Bosi de Mortier, Mont des Signes, Oise-Aisne Canal, Laon, Grandlup, Soissons, and Oise-Aisne and Lorraine offensives. One battalion of the Regiment, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Otis B. Duncan, was engaged in pursuit of the retreating enemy far in advance, when halted by the Armistice."
  For its fierce fighting in the Argonne, the regiment was given the name "Black Devils" (German: Schwarze Teufel) by the Germans. The Victory Monument, created by sculptor Leonard Crunelle, was built to honor the service of Eighth Regiment of the Illinois National Guard during World War I. It is located in the Black Metropolis-Bronzeville District in the Douglas community area of Chicago, Illinois.
caption: Soldiers of the 370th Infantry Regiment during WWI
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