https://padlet.com/rcox2023/3f04f2twnuxlkw0x en-us 2023-05-16 13:37:55 UTC 2023-05-18 17:52:39 UTC hello@padlet.com rcox2023 https://padlet.com/rcox2023/3f04f2twnuxlkw0x/wish/2593130208 1. was the most celebrated unit of soldiers in the American expeditionary force (Showed that they went above and beyond the call of duty)
2. For 100 years they and their descendants petitioned for medals of honor but were refused (shows that they were viewed as too politically volatile a subject)
3. Spent 191 days in active combat, more than any other american unit in WW1 (shows that they were one of the strongest units in the Entente forces)

]]> 2023-05-16 13:45:51 UTC https://padlet.com/rcox2023/3f04f2twnuxlkw0x/wish/2593130208 rcox2023 https://padlet.com/rcox2023/3f04f2twnuxlkw0x/wish/2593143578 1. All the men are wearing suits and nice hats, showing how they were trying to set a good first impression 
2. the band is led by James Reese Europe, credited for introducing jazz to Europe and most of the southern atlantic states, giving most a better perception of black music and by extension black americans
3. All members of the 369th recieved the French Croix De Guerre, the highest honor that they could give to foreign soldiers without presidential permission
4. The fighters werent allowed to march in the standard victory parade in new york, but were given one in their honor on the orders of the general of the AEF General Pershing]]> 2023-05-16 13:54:13 UTC https://padlet.com/rcox2023/3f04f2twnuxlkw0x/wish/2593143578 rcox2023 https://padlet.com/rcox2023/3f04f2twnuxlkw0x/wish/2593347045 1. shows the divide between how the US treated its black soldiers and how it's allies did.]]> 2023-05-16 16:11:17 UTC https://padlet.com/rcox2023/3f04f2twnuxlkw0x/wish/2593347045 rcox2023 https://padlet.com/rcox2023/3f04f2twnuxlkw0x/wish/2596256623 1. before being drafted into the 369th regiment many of the hellfighters played together in an orchestra conducted by James Reese Europe, the regiment's band lead. shows how they all influenced the higher society even before fighting.
2.the band faced intense racism when they went for training in the south, they were refused entry into the local town's pub due to being black, until the white soldiers refused to go until the HH were allowed in. This shows that they had an effect by training alongside white soldiers who then brought this perception back home.

]]> 2023-05-18 13:17:29 UTC https://padlet.com/rcox2023/3f04f2twnuxlkw0x/wish/2596256623 rcox2023 https://padlet.com/rcox2023/3f04f2twnuxlkw0x/wish/2596333055 1. Most of the hell fighters were refused pensions after the war and most died in abject poverty 
2. The french High command put diplomatic pressure on the US to give pensions to the soldiers but the US govt refused]]> 2023-05-18 14:15:28 UTC https://padlet.com/rcox2023/3f04f2twnuxlkw0x/wish/2596333055