"Medal of Honor at Last for Black WWI Veteran" Topic
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| Tango01 | 01 Jun 2015 12:50 p.m. PST |
"Henry Johnson, all 5-feet-4 of him, was given the name "black death" for his valor in the Argonne forest during World War I. Cries of "Oh, you Black Death!" at a homecoming parade in Harlem greeted his return to the U.S. after the war. But Johnson's legend quickly faded. He was too black to be an American hero and too crippled by war to hold his old job. He died in 1929, just over a decade after the war ended, destitute and unheralded. Henry's son, Herman Johnson, was raised by a great aunt and uncle. He knew his father only from occasional meetings in public parks and later visits to VA hospital rooms. After his father's death, there wasn't even a grave for Herman to visit. As far as Herman knew, his father's remains lay unmarked somewhere in a pauper's field…"
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| DeRuyter | 02 Jun 2015 9:52 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 02 Jun 2015 10:53 a.m. PST |
Agree! Were there candidates from WW2? Amicalement
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