Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Congress honored the men of the Army's 369th Infantry Regiment, known as the "Harlem Hellfighters," with a Congressional Gold Medal during a Wednesday afternoon ceremony in Washington.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., presented the unit's Congressional Gold Medal to Debra Willett, whose grandfather, Sgt. Leander Willett, fought with the regiment in France, where it earned its iconic name.
"My grandfather and the other brave men that fought alongside him never thought that their courage and their exploits would be celebrated in such a revered setting," Willett said, as reported by the New York Post.
"They sacrificed, and they thought that they were making a difference, and today proves that they did," she said.
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