Good article from Schenectady on Manhattan's lower east side's own National Guard unit, the Fighting 69th. The Civil, Spanish-American, Pancho Villa, WWI, and WWII all saw the 69th in action. One of America's most decorated units and part of the great "Born Fighting" bunch of Irish Americans.
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