Dan Daly was one of only two Marines to be awarded two Medals of Honor in two seperate conflicts. The first one, in his actions 1901 during the China Relief. His second one for his actions during the U.S. Invasion and Occupation of Haiti 1915. But he wasn't done yet and after the U.S. entry into WW1 April 1917, he was close receiving his third one on the battlefields of Belleau Wood in France.

The 369th Infantry Regiment from Harlem, New York was an all-black unit that served on the Western Front. But not under American command, but loaned tot he French Army.