Buffalo Soldiers' Legacy Of Endurance Celebrated At Memorial Day Ceremony

Black soldiers in the 10th Cavalry Regiment fought on the frontlines of the Wild West, enduring attacks by renegade Native Americans and ruthless weather through the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They survived on hard pieces of bread and small slabs of bacon. They earned 23 Medals of Honor and played a key role in the famous battle of San Juan Hill during the Spanish American War. But their legacy is mostly absent from popular history. "These guys were on the frontier before civilization and the only law and order representing the United States there," said Rodd McCorvey.

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