Miscellaneous
This episode Mike and Dylan talk about the harrowing tale of Henry Johnson, a WWI combat hero. Henry Johnson had a difficult life, growing up poor, in rough neighborhoods, and had to work a lot of odd jobs to make ends meet. When the Great War happened, he decided to enlist and make his country proud. However, being an African American man in this time wasn't exactly easy. His country decided they didn't want to fight along side black men, so he ended up fighting with the French. Just how much of a badass was this guy? Badass enough to earn the medal of honor, distinguished service cross, and the highest French award that any American ever had, the Croix de Guerre. This is the story of The Black Death, and how he earned that name, and became part of the Harlem Hellfighters!Sources : http://exhibitions.nypl.org/africanaage/essay-world-war-i.htmlhttps://www.britannica.com/topic/Harlem-Hellfighters/Discrimination-at-home-and-fame-abroadhttps://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/3/3/1838885/-Henry-Johnson-The-Black-Deathhttps://www.history.com/news/wwi-hero-henry-johnson-finally-receives-medal-of-honorhttps://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-2001908;jsessionid=012D34CBBC2A4E77E5468BB94404D300https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/remembering-henry-johnson-the-soldier-called-black-death-117386701/https://www.army.mil/medalofhonor/johnson/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Johnson_(World_War_I_soldier)