Henry Johnson
✓ Source-basedrisingMedal of Honor recipient (1892-1929)
United StatesLived 1892 to 1929 · aged 36William Henry Johnson, commonly known as Henry Johnson, was a United States Army soldier who performed heroically in the first African American unit of the United States Army to engage in combat in World War I.
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Henry Johnson biographical cartoon by Charles Alston, 1943.
Johnson in 1919, wearing his Croix de Guerre. Two wound chevrons can be seen on his lower right sleeve.
A 1918 lithograph dramatizing Johnson's actions in the war.
Johnson and Needham Roberts in 1918.
Command Sgt. Maj. Louis Wilson of the New York Army National Guard accepts the Medal of Honor on behalf of Johnson.
Tombstone of Henry Johnson at Arlington National CemeteryAwards 4
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William Henry Johnson, commonly known as Henry Johnson, was a United States Army soldier who performed heroically in the first African American unit of the United States Army to engage in combat in World War I. On watch in the Argonne Forest on May 14, 1918, he fought off a German raid in hand-to-hand combat, killing multiple German soldiers and rescuing a fellow soldier while suffering 21 wounds, in an action that was brought to the nation's attention by coverage in the New York World and The Saturday Evening Post later that year. On June 2, 2015, he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor by President Barack Obama in a ceremony at the White House.
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