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The 370th Infantry Regiment was an African American regiment, nominally a part of the 92nd Infantry Division that served during World War I and World War II.

World War I
During World War I, it served with distinction with the French 34th, 36th, and 59th Infantry Divisions, earning streamers for the battles of Lorraine and Oise-Aisne. Sectors occupied and engagements participated in were Saint Mihiel with the French in 1918, Argonne Forest, St. Gobain Forest, Bosi de Mortier, Mont des Signes, Oise-Aisne Canal, Laon, Grandlup, Soissons, and Oise-Aisne and Lorraine offensives. One battalion of the Regiment, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Otis B. Duncan, was engaged in pursuit of the retreating enemy far in advance, when halted by the Armistice. Company C, under the command of Captain James C. Smith, was decorated with the French Croix de Guerre for conspicuous bravery and courage in battle. This is one of three instances where each officer and enlisted man of an infantry company was so decorated.

On 8 May, 1918, the unit was relieved of assignment to the 185th Brigade and demobilized on 11 March, 1919 at Camp Grant, IL (near Rockford).

World War II
The 370th, as a Regimental Combat Team, was attached to the 1st Armored Division and arrived in Naples, Italy on 1 August 1944, entering combat on the 24th. It participated in the crossing of the Arno River, the occupation of Lucca and the penetration of the Gothic Line.