157th Infantry Division (France)

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157th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the French Army during the First World War. One source says it was known as the Red Hand Division from a device on its color.^[1] Two segregated African American regiments, integrated the division in WWI under the command of Général Mariano Goybet^[2] and received the French Croix de Guerre. Freddie Stowers of the 371st Infantry Regiment was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.^[3] The 372nd Infantry Regiment was composed of segregated National Guard units as well as draftees.^[4] Corporal Clarence Van Allen won the Médaille militaire.^[5]