Colored Troops - Crowds waiting for the parade of the famous 369th Colored Infantry, formerly 15th NY regulars, New York City, Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, 1860 - 1952
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Roberts, Needham, 1901-1949
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Needham Roberts (April 28, 1901 – April 18, 1949) was an American soldier in the Harlem Hellfighters and recipient of the Purple Heart and the Croix de Guerre for his valor during World War I. Roberts was born in Trenton, New Jersey and raised on Trenton's Wilson Street. He sometimes spelled his first name as "Neadom", which is how it appears on his grave marker. Roberts graduated from Lincoln Elementary School and attended high school, but dropped out before graduating so he could begin wor...
