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How many individual medals for valor did members of the Harlem Hellfighters receive?
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Harlem Hellfighters
Members of the 369th Infantry Regiment (Harlem Hellfighters) posing with their awards for gallantry in combat.
Members of the Harlem Hellfightersāthe 369th Infantry Regimentāreceived 170 individual medals for valor from the French government for their service during World War I. In addition to these individual honors, the French government decorated the entire regiment with the Croix de Guerre for its bravery on the battlefield.12