The 805th Pioneer Infantry was an all-African American infantry regiment of the United States Army during World War I.

The 805th contained black soldiers from the state of Mississippi.

During World War I, the regiment was nicknamed the "Bear Cats."

A commander, Colonel Chauncey Benton Humphrey (1872–1958) (USMA 1898), boasted that, among other things, his Bear Cats had "the best Jazz band in France," "the best vaudeville show in the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF), and the best baseball team of any outfit in France.

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