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31. Aug. 2021 · Take Privates Henry Johnson and Needham Roberts, who fended off German soldiers with hand grenades and Johnson’s 9-inch knife one night in 1918. Johnson and Roberts, ...
7. Apr. 2023 · Johnson and another Hellfighter, Needham Roberts, were on sentry duty one night in 1918 when all of a sudden they heard an ominous “snippin’ and clippin'” in the darkness near the fence that the French had set up as a perimeter. Recognizing the noise as wire-cutters, Johnson lobbed a grenade in the direction of the sounds, which caused the Germans to open fire.
"Second---Roberts, Needham (13369), private in Company C, being on double sentry duty during the night was assaulted and grievously wounded in his leg by a group of Germans continuing fighting by throwing grenades, although he was prone on the ground, up to the retreat of the enemy. Good and brave soldier. The general requested that the citation of the division commander to the soldier Johnson ...
6. Juli 2023 · Henry Johnson (left) and Needham Roberts (right), of the 369th Infantry, each earned the French Croix de Guerre for their efforts in repulsing a German raiding party. Johnson eventually was awarded the Medal of Honor in 2015. (National Archives, 165-WW-127A-38) View in National Archives Catalog. Johnson was severely injured early in the action ...
31. Aug. 2021 · Two regiment members, Cpl. Henry Johnson and Pvt. Needham Roberts, became the first Americans to be awarded the Croix de Guerre after fighting off a German advance, according to the National ...
Summarize this article for a 10 year old. Needham Roberts (April 28, 1901 – April 18, 1949) was an American soldier in the Harlem Hellfighters and recipient of the Purple Heart and the Croix de Guerre for his valor during World War I.
Henry Johnson and Needham Roberts became the first two Americans to be awarded the French Croix de Guerre. In 1996 they were awarded the Purple Heart and in 2002 received the Distinguished Service Cross. In 1919, the soldiers returned to the United States and were treated initially as heroes. In the wake of the war, however, there was a surge in racial violence. According to the historian Chad ...
