Sergeant Henry Johnson Buffalo soldier
Sergeant Henry Johnson, nicknamed, black, death, a heavily decorated black soldier in World War I? It was Sergeant Henry Johnson. He became a World War I military hero at the first American soldier of any race to be awarded the Croix de Guerre France’s highest award for heroism. His bravery not only saved his life, but he also rescued a few quick comrades Needham Roberts, being one. When the 369th ended the war with an outstanding combat record, Johnson, return home in Albany, and enjoyed a brief moment of fame, and then only earn a rail rd., Porter salary. Sergeant Henry Johnson died years later, but it is sad because his own country did not even give him the honor. It was France that gave him the highest recognition for bravery and military heroism. Sergeant Henry died years later of alcoholism, and in Poverty. He was laid to rest without ceremony in Arlington, national cemetery in Arlington,Virginia. The sad fact that it was France that gave him the highest recognition for bravery and military heroism. While here in his own country, they barely recognized him as an American, or a man.
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