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| rdfs:label | - 372nd Infantry Regiment (United States)
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| rdfs:comment | - The 372nd Infantry Regiment. was an African American regiment, nominally a part of the 93rd Infantry Division (Colored), that served with the French Army in World War I. The 372nd Infantry Regiment was composed of the First Separate Battalion of the District of Columbia; the 9th Separate Battalion of Ohio; the First Separate Company of Maryland; Separate Company G of Tennessee; Company L, Sixth Infantry of Massachusetts; and the First Separate Company of Connecticut---all these being National Guard troops, and 250 drafted men from Camp Custer, Michigan, recruited mainly from Michigan and Wisconsin.
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| notable commanders | - Col. Herschel Tupes, author 1906 Manual of Bayonet Training
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| abstract | - The 372nd Infantry Regiment. was an African American regiment, nominally a part of the 93rd Infantry Division (Colored), that served with the French Army in World War I. The 372nd Infantry Regiment was composed of the First Separate Battalion of the District of Columbia; the 9th Separate Battalion of Ohio; the First Separate Company of Maryland; Separate Company G of Tennessee; Company L, Sixth Infantry of Massachusetts; and the First Separate Company of Connecticut---all these being National Guard troops, and 250 drafted men from Camp Custer, Michigan, recruited mainly from Michigan and Wisconsin. The 372nd Regiment was seconded to the 157th Infantry Division of the French Army, called the Red Hand Division. Under the command of General Mariano Goybet, this division was in need of reinforcements.
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