Simon enrolled at Providence College, but he got to stay for only a few months before the Army decided it needed him and others in an infantry ... in K Company, 328th Regiment, 26th Division ...

West Palm Beach centenarian Franklin Simon, who celebrated his 100th birthday in June, served heroically in Europe during World War II.

The 1st Rhode Island Regiment was an integrated unit composed of Black, Indigenous and white soldiers who served together.

The First Black Regiment was honored in East Greenwich Today.It's a group of Black and Indigenous soldiers who fought in the ...