Sergeant Henry Johnson (1892–1929) was a U.S. Army soldier in the 369th Infantry “Harlem Hellfighters” regiment during World War I, nicknamed “Black Death”. On May 14, 1918, in France, he single-handedly repelled a German raiding party of ~36 soldiers, suffering 21 wounds while using a rifle, grenades, and a bolo knife to save a fellow soldier.
Henry Johnson: The One-Man Army Who Took On 36 Soldiers and Earned the Name “Black Death”
Sergeant Henry Johnson (1892–1929) was a U.S. Army soldier in the 369th Infantry “Harlem Hellfighters” regiment during World War I, nicknamed “Black Death”. On May 14, 1918, in France, he single-handedly repelled a German raiding party of ~36 soldiers, suffering 21 wounds while using a rifle, grenades, and a bolo knife to save a fellow soldier.
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