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    NY National Guard Harlem Hellfighter WWI Veteran Led Effort to create Tomb of the Unknown Soldier [Image 1 of 7]

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    NY National Guard Harlem Hellfighter WWI Veteran Led Effort to create Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

    WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES

    03.02.2021

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    New York National Guard

    Joint service pallbearers carry the Unknown Soldier remains of World War I from the USS Olympia to a horse-drawn caisson to transport the body to the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., November 9, 1921. Among the saluting officers is Gen. John Pershing, who commanded the American Expeditionary Forces. New York Army National Guard Maj. Hamilton Fish, who served as commander of Company K, 369th Infantry Regiment, nicknamed the “Harlem Hellfighters,” an all-black unit of the New York National Guard, introduced the federal resolution in December 1920 as a U.S. Congressman to create an Unknown Soldier memorial on November 11, 1921. Courtesy photo.

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    Date Taken: 03.02.2021
    Date Posted: 03.03.2021 10:24
    Photo ID: 6540414
    VIRIN: 210302-A-A3538-1003
    Resolution: 624x336
    Size: 88.02 KB
    Location: WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, US

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