370th Infantry Regiment (United States)

370th Infantry Regiment
Active	1917–1919
Country	USA
Branch	United States Army National Guard

The 370th Infantry Regiment was the designation for one of the infantry regiments of the 93rd (Provisional) Infantry Division in World War I. Known as the "Black Devils", for their fierce fighting during the First World War and a segregated unit, it was the only United States Army combat unit with African-American officers. In World War II, a regiment known as the 370th Infantry Regiment was part of the segregated 92nd Infantry Division, but did not perpetuate the lineage of the 8th Illinois or World War I 370th, only sharing its numerical designation.

The regiment initially grew out of the 8th Infantry Regiment, Illinois National Guard (also known as the "Fighting 8th"^[1]) which saw action in the Spanish American War of 1898, where it first made United States' history with its all-black officer corp. The World War I unit is memorialized by the Victory Monument in Bronzeville, Chicago.