Henry Johnson didn’t need elevated rank to prove his worth—just a rifle, a bolo knife, and the guts to take on a German ...

The Harlem Hellfighters, an all-Black U.S. regiment in World War I, were sent to fight under French command after being rejected by white American units. What followed was an extraordinary campaign of ...

Word In Black Soldiers of the 369th (15th N.Y.) who won the Croix de guerre for gallantry in action, 1919. Credit: By an unknown ...

John turned 19 on May 12, 1944 – less than a month before D-Day. He’ll be celebrating his 100th birthday just four days after ...

During his military career, Johnson was awarded France’s Croix de Guerre after single-handedly fighting off a German raiding party in May 1918 — despite being seriously wounded. He was ...

Julius Reuter started his news service with them. Cher Ami, an avian member of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, received the Croix de Guerre in World War I after completing a mission with a bullet in ...