Johnson, Henry
1892-1929 · Contribution: 1918-2015
Military & Safety
Fought off a German raiding party of some two dozen soldiers in hand-to-hand combat while defending his post in the Argonne Forest in May 1918, earning France's Croix de Guerre and, 97 years later, a posthumous Medal of Honor
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Johnson's lone stand became legendary, yet his own country denied him recognition for nearly a century, a stark emblem of how Black valor was erased from the record.
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