Johnson, Sgt Henry – Medal of Honor
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John C Abercrombie
As I prepare this post, I am filled with a myriad of emotions. Some good and some not so good. We examine the man Sgt William Henry Johnson, a member of the United States 369th Harlem Hellfighters and their accomplishments during World War I that should be inspiring to all Americans yet is all but hidden in American history.
William Henry Johnson was born July 15, 1892, in Winston Salem, North Carolins
and died July 1, 1929. He is widely known as Henry Johnson and known for his service to America during World War I. While on watch in the Argonne Forest he fought off German soldiers in hand-to-hand combat killing multiple enemy soldiers and rescuing a fellow soldier while suffering twenty-one separate injuries.
Johnson’s actions were brought to the nation’s attention by coverage in the New York World and the Saturday Evening Post. He was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Barrack Obama in a White House ceremony.
Johnson moved to New York as a teenager. He worked various jobs – as a chauffeur, soda mixer, laborer in a coal yard, and a redcap porter at Albany’s Union Station. He enlisted in the U.S. Army, June 5, 1917, and was assigned to Company C, 15th New York (Colored) Infantry Regiment – an all-Black National Guard unit that would later become the 369th Infantry Regiment.
The 15th was an all-volunteer unit and the standard way of designing these units is that they were given numbers of two hundred or lower. However, the United States was more interested in keeping the races separated, thus rather than being honored, they were disrespected and given the designation 369 to ensure that Black and White soldiers would never fight together.
Going into battle General Blackjack Pershing promised that all troops would fight under one flag, that of the United States, but quickly abandoned that and “loaned” the Black troops to the French which gladly received them as they were well aware of the prowess of Black troops.
The 369th Infantry Regiment was ordered into battle in 1918, and Johnson and his unit were brigaded with a French army colonial unit in front-line combat. Johnson served one tour of duty to the western edge of the Argonne Forest in France’s Champagne region, from 1918-1919.
For his battlefield valor, Johnson became one of the first Americans to be awarded the French Croix de Guerre avec Palme, France’s highest award for valor.
Johnson returned home from his tour and was unable to return to his pre-war porter position due to the severity of his twenty-one combat injuries.
Then-Pvt. Henry Johnson served as a member of Company C, 369th Infantry Regiment, 93rd Division, American Expeditionary Forces, during combat operations against the enemy on the front lines of the Western Front in France.
On night sentry duty, May 15, 1918, Johnson and a fellow Soldier, Pvt. Needham Roberts, received a surprise attack by a German raiding party consisting of at least twelve soldiers.
While under intense enemy fire and despite receiving significant wounds, Johnson mounted a brave retaliation resulting in several enemy casualties. When his fellow Soldier was gravely wounded, Johnson prevented him from being taken prisoner by German forces.
Johnson exposed himself to grave danger by advancing from his position to engage an enemy soldier in hand-to-hand combat. Wielding only a knife and being seriously wounded, Johnson continued fighting, took his Bolo knife and stabbed it through an enemy soldier’s head.
Displaying great courage, Johnson held back the enemy force until they retreated. The enemy raid’s failure to secure prisoners was due to the bravery and resistance of Johnson and his fellow comrade. The effect of their fierce fighting resulted in the increased vigilance and confidence of the 369th Infantry Regiment.
The “Harlem Hellfighters “were the first all-black regiment that helped change the American public’s opinion on African American Soldiers and helped pave the way for future African American Soldiers.
The 369th Infantry was originally formed in 1913 as the 15th Infantry Regiment in the New York Army National Guard. The infantry was one of the first few Army regiments to have Black officers in addition to an all-Black enlisted corps, and was one of the few Black combat units during World War I. Reflecting racial discrimination and segregation both in American society and within the Army, American Expeditionary Forces leadership avoided placing African-American units alongside of White Army units. As a result, Gen. John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces, assigned the 369th Infantry to attach with the allied French Army.
Henry Johnson enlisted in the United States Armed Forces on June 5, 1917, almost two months after the American entry into World War I, joining the all-black New York National Guard 15th Infantry Regiment, which, when mustered into Federal service, was redesignated as the 369th Infantry Regiment, and was then based in Harlem. The 369th Infantry joined the 185th Infantry Brigade upon arrival in France but was relegated to labor service duties instead of combat training. The 185th Infantry Brigade was in turn assigned on January 5, 1918, to the 93rd Infantry Division.
In 1918, the French awarded Johnson with a Croix de guerre with star and bronze palm. He was the first African American U.S. soldier in World War I to receive that honor.
Although General John J. Pershing, Commander-in-Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) on the Western Front, wished to keep the American forces autonomous, he “loaned” the 369th to the 161st Division of the French Army. The unreported and unofficial reason he was willing to detach the African American regiments from U.S. command was that vocal white U.S. soldiers refused to fight alongside black troops. These black regiments suffered considerable harassment by white U.S. soldiers and even denigration by the AEF headquarters, which went so far as to release the notorious pamphlet Secret Information Concerning Black American Troops, which “warned” French civilian authorities of the alleged inferior nature and supposed tendencies of African American troops to commit sexual assaults.[3] Johnson arrived in France on New Year’s Day, 1918.
The 369th got off to a rocky departure from the United States, making three attempts over a period of months to sail for France before finally getting out of sight of land. Even then, their transport, which had stopped and anchored before it could get out of the harbor due to a sudden snowstorm, was struck by another ship due to poor visibility. The captain of the transport, the Pocahontas, wanted to turn back, much to the dismay of his passengers. The by-now angry and impatient members of the 369th, led by Hayward, took a very dim view of any further delay. Since damage to the ship was well above the waterline, the ship’s captain admitted that there was no danger of sinking. Hayward then informed the captain that he saw no reason to turn back, aside from cowardice. Hayward’s men repaired the damage themselves and the ship sailed on. According to Hayward’s notes, they “landed at Brest. Right side up” on December 27, 1917. They acquitted themselves well once they finally got to France. Many months were to pass by, however, before they were to see combat.
The 369th Infantry Soldiers, nicknamed the “Harlem Hellfighters”, spent 191 days in the front-line trenches and earned a regimental French Croix de Guerre with Silver Star and Streamer embroidered Meuse-Argonne, and more than 170 Croix de Guerre medals during World War I.
The 369th Infantry Soldiers, nicknamed the “Harlem Hellfighters”, spent 191 days in the front-line trenches and earned a regimental French Croix de Guerre with Silver Star and Streamer embroidered Meuse-Argonne, and more than 170 Croix de Guerre medals during World War I.
The 369th Infantry’s regimental band, under the direction of Lt. James Reese Europe, is credited with introducing jazz music to European audiences.
Returning home, now-Sergeant Johnson participated (with his regiment) in a victory parade on Fifth Avenue in New York City in February 1919. Johnson was then paid to take part in a series of lecture tours. He appeared one evening in St. Louis, and instead of delivering the expected tale of racial harmony in the trenches, revealed the abuse that Black soldiers had suffered, such as White soldiers refusing to share trenches with Blacks. Soon afterwards, a warrant was issued for Johnson’s arrest for violating the regulations governing wearing his uniform (beyond the prescribed date of his commission). Paid lecturing engagements dried up.
On May 14, 2015, the White House announced that Johnson would receive the Medal of Honor posthumously, presented by President Barack Obama. In the ceremony, held on 2 June 2015, Johnson’s medal was received on his behalf by Command Sergeant Major Louis Wilson of the New York National Guard. Obama said, “The least we can do is to say, ‘We know who you are. We know what you did for us. We are forever grateful.’
In June 1996, Johnson was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart by President Bill Clinton. In February 2003, the Distinguished Service Cross, the Army’s second highest award, was awarded to Johnson.John Howe, a Vietnam War veteran who had campaigned tirelessly for recognition for Johnson, and U.S. Army Major General Nathaniel James, President of the 369th Veterans’ Association, were present at the ceremony in Albany. The award was received by Herman A. Johnson, one of the Tuskegee Airmen of WWII, on behalf of Henry Johnson, then believed to be his father; the mistake was not clarified until 2015, a decade after the younger Johnson’s death, as part of the further research done leading up to the senior Johnson’s Medal of Honor.
Veterans Bureau records show that a “permanent and total disability” rating was granted to Johnson on September 16, 1927, as a result of his tuberculosis infection. Additional Veterans Bureau records refer to Johnson receiving monthly compensation and regular visits by Veterans Bureau medical personnel until his death. This is important because many Blacks wounded in battle were discharged with 29% disability. Why such an odd number? Because at 30% you are awarded a pension.
Johnson died poor and in obscurity in 1929. There was a long struggle to achieve awards for him from the U.S. military. He was finally awarded the Purple Heart in 1996. In 2002, the U.S. military awarded him the Distinguished Service Cross. Previous efforts to secure the Medal of Honor failed, but in 2015 he was posthumously honored with the award. On May 24, 2022, The Naming Commission recommended that Fort Polk in Leesville, Louisiana, be renamed Fort Johnson after Henry Johnson, rather than its previous namesake, Confederate General Leonidas Polk. The post was renamed in Johnson’s honor in a ceremony on June 5, 2023
Johnson died in July 1929. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.
Johnson was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart in 1996 and the Distinguished Service Cross in 2002.
In 1919, co-founder of the American Legion Theodore Roosevelt Jr., son of former United States President Theodore Roosevelt, referred to Johnson as one of the “five bravest Americans” to have served in World War I.
Interest in obtaining fitting recognition for Johnson grew during the 1970s and 1980s. In November 1991, a monument was erected in Albany, New York’s Washington Park in his honor, and a section of Northern Boulevard was renamed Henry Johnson Boulevard.
In December 2004, the Postal facility at 747 Broadway was renamed the “United States Postal Service Henry Johnson Annex”.
On September 4, 2007, the Brighter Choice Foundation in Albany, New York, dedicated the Henry Johnson Charter School, with Johnson’s granddaughter in attendance.
A 1918 commercial poster honoring Johnson’s wartime heroics was the subject of a 2012 episode of the PBS television series History Detectives.
As of December 3, 2014, the national defense bill included a provision, added by Senator Chuck Schumer, to award Johnson the Medal of Honor.
For many years, it was thought that Herman Archibald Johnson was the son of Henry Johnson. In tracking Henry Johnson’s genealogy prior to his being awarded the Medal of Honor, however, it was discovered that there was no family connection. The Army was quoted as saying, “While we appreciate the Johnson family fighting for the award and keeping the memory and valorous acts of Henry Johnson alive, we regretfully cannot recognize them as PNOK,” or primary next of kin.
In December 2014, the City School District of Albany established a Junior Reserve officers’ Training Program (JROTC) at Albany High School named the Henry Johnson Battalion in honor of him. The program currently enrolls over one hundred cadets.
In 2017, Albany-area PBS station WMHT aired a documentary about Henry Johnson entitled Henry Johnson: A Tale of Courage.
Johnson’s story is recounted in the song Don’t Tread on Me (Harlem Hellfighters) by the Ukrainian death metal band 1914 on their album Where Fear and Weapons Meet, released October 22, 2021.
There is a memorial plaque to Johnson and the 369th but it is all but hidden in plain sight. It is located at the intersection of Blackstock Road and highway 29, hidden by trees. The only way to see it and know it is to park in the parking lot of Long John Silvers, weave your way to the corner of the intersection where you will find a small path and walk through the fence to reach the road where you will recognize the memorial. What a way to honor one of America’s greatest fighting forces.
In June 2023, Fort Polk in Louisiana
While it is easy for all Americans to take pride in the 369th, I find it particularly distressing as Spartanburg played an important role in their training but as a resident of Spartanburg, it is particularly distressing that I did not know about this unit or the hardships they endured while so eager to enter the war and fight for the principals that drove America to war.
The possible existence of a letter from the mayor of Spartanburg to the United States Government that the city so disrespected these soldiers that they would not extend basic protections is distressing. This shows how much they disrespect the citizens of whom I would become a member. Blatant racism was alive and thriving.
White American soldiers being upset at the French for praising these Black soldiers on the basis of returning home and wanting full citizenship. Hadn’t they demonstrated that they deserved full citizenship?
These soldiers had fought with distinction and been the longest serving unit during all American units? Earned more medals, never lost an inch of ground, never had a soldier captured by the enemy?
This while ballyhooing the negative aspects of their life that they were enslaved leaves a greatly skewed picture of who we are and what we represent and can contribute to American society.
No matter how much we give, it is never enough. While it is not logical to blame you for what happened before your birth, it is time for you to grow up and do what you can today!
John 15:13 Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life … We have done this but must have missed the part that says “Whites only”.
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