Henry Lincoln Johnson

Henry Lincoln Johnson

Henry Lincoln Johnson was a member of the Harlem Hellfighters who was nicknamed ‘Black Death.’ During an ambush in Argonne Forest in 1918, he injured or killed 24 German soldiers, without a working gun. He was the first American soldier to win a Croix de Guerre, France's highest award for bravery.

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