Henry Lincoln Johnson (1897 – July 5, 2025)
On June 2, 2015, President Barack Obama will award the Medal of Honor to Army Private Henry Johnson for conspicuous gallantry during World War I.
Private Henry Johnson will receive the Medal of Honor posthumously for his actions while serving as a member of Company C, 369th Infantry Regiment, 93rd Division, American Expeditionary Forces. Then-Private Johnson distinguished himself during combat operations in the vicinity of the Tourbe and Aisne Rivers, northwest of Saint Menehoul, France, on May 15, 1918.
Private Johnson entered the Army on June 5, 1917. He 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 Regiment was ordered into battle in 1918, and Private Johnson and his unit were brigaded with a French Army colonial unit in front-line combat.
While on night sentry duty on May 15, 1918, Private Johnson and a fellow Soldier received a surprise attack by a German raiding party consisting of at least 12 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 badly wounded, Private Johnson prevented him from being taken prisoner by German forces. Private Johnson exposed himself to grave danger by advancing from his position to engage an enemy soldier in hand-to-hand combat. Displaying great courage, Private Johnson held back the enemy force until they retreated.
Command Sergeant Major Louis Wilson, New York National Guard, will join the President at the White House to accept the Medal of Honor on Private Johnson’s behalf.
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More on Henry Johnson here
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NY Daily News: …. Although doctors had replaced his shin bone with a steel tube and removed most of the bones from one foot, Johnson’s discharge papers rated him as having a zero percent disability, disqualifying him for benefits.
Succumbing to poverty and drink, he died at the age of 32 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, his only recognition the French Croix de Guerre.
At last, in 1996, the U.S. awarded Johnson a Purple Heart and followed up in 2002 with the nation’s second-highest commendation, the Distinguished Service Cross. At the time, the military denied Johnson the Medal of Honor, finding insufficient documentation of his heroism.
Subsequently, Sen. Chuck Schumer’s volunteer historians have amassed overwhelming proof that this quintessential Hellfighter from Harlem performed with incomprehensible valor in service of a nation that spurned him at every turn because of skin color.
Full article here
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Wow! At last some justice.
Hey Criquet.
Hello Ms Chips.
Thanks as always (to you and the other BTs) for keeping us informed with real news.
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Huh??
So many…denied so long!
Saying good day to all….see you much later. I am still reading from April :( and trying to catch up!
Good evening all.
Great post! Thank you, Chips!
wow…MsChips…thanks for this post…
A pleasure PF, thank you, an extraordinary story.
“Although doctors had replaced his shin bone with a steel tube and removed most of the bones from one foot, Johnson’s discharge papers rated him as having a zero percent disability, disqualifying him for benefits …. Succumbing to poverty and drink, he died at the age of 32”
Rest in peace, hero.
heartbreaking
It’s also infuriating, Pf. How those doctors could live with themselves and sleep at night is beyond me. Heartless bastards.
My heart breaks……Thank goodness for PBO, who has worked to see people such as this recognized and honored. I look forward to the ceremony.
Goddess!
Thanks Chips for posting this heroic solider’s story!
Congrats criquet & Marlz on First place tie :-)
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{{{{Chips}}}} you’re gonna make me haf to write a letter of commendation for you to the Pope if you keep this up!
Whaaaaaaaaaaaat?????? You haven’t written one yet?!?!?!
Hahahahahaha! I almost choked on my dinner :D :D
You guys crack me up :) :) :)
:D
Thanks GGail.
:-)
Input please. I’ve been getting a lot of emails from and about Russ Feingold’s campaign. What’s the deal?
He’s running for his Senate seat once more and he wants your money.
Thanks sweetie. Then he needs to direct his emails to someone who got money - it ain’t me :D
Indeed. He should contact George Stephanopoulos who probably has another $75K hiding under his mattress!
Word…I will not lift a finger for WI candidates. They had four chances to get rid of Walker and didn’t, they voted out Feingold for no reason, the people of WI are messed up.
PBO is so smart that he can explain these situations in terms that everybody who is listening with both ears can understand.
NW!!!! for goodness sake - STOP tweeting Scandal stuff. Have mercy on us West Coast gladiators! :D
ICYMI - we’ve got a friend :cool:
Awwww….a true, true friend. Thank you Mr. Taylor for articulating what so many of us here feel. :)
“You’ve got a Friend”. Thank you James Taylor :-)
That’s My JT! [Fellow Tarheel right there! <3 him so much!]
Oops wrong video!
Meant to post this one…
Dudette, you read my mind girlfriend :-)
Carolina guy. In my mind I’m going to Carolina.
Of Course! Required learning for all Tarheels upon freshman orientation! 😀
Haha Eirc Wolfson is on a roll with movie hashtags!
Good ones! HA!
Such a sad yet heartwarming story. Thanks to the dedicated historians, Sen Schumer and to President Obama for their efforts at righting a terrible injustice. And most importantly thanks to this brave warrior and long-unsung hero, Private Johnson. May he rest in peace and may his memory live on forever.
Now they should look for his heirs and award them all the money he would have collected if he wasn’t denied his pension. Anyway, he didn’t live long. Stress from not receiving his just reward and the racial tension he experienced in the Army shortened his life.
Oh my goodness! I thought this was a joke! Disney really thinks this is a good idea! Well aint that a big pile of giraffe chips?
LMAO! Wayward Pines immediately responded to Nerdy… :) :)
Is that the new show that Terrence Howard is in? Wow NW, you’ve become a celebrity in Twitterland :-)
How playing an instrument benefits your brain
NOW you tell me - thanks alot Dudette :D
Never too late … :-D
Listen up folks.
From here onwards, if anyone calls me a, I’m gonna go all sherrod on ya.
And no, you can’t me m either.
Mr. k ? …. ‘k.
PLUEEZE! Not even in your wildest dream dood
I ain’t sceered! 😏
#tummyrumble?
No. Big cat talk for “Back off Sherrod”! 😠
I heard one of these in real life in the wild, and it really does send a chill down your spine. These lions really are the kings of the jungle.
K!!
you left out Mr.
Uh oh, he’s awake :shock:
GM
GMGG. Don’t ya mean Mr k is awake?
Nope
Ha!
the real story behind why #danny peed on that cat toy.
Wow!
He will be on Shark Tank tomorrow as one of the 5 potential investors.
Oh cool!
going back through my records to verify that Mr Woodman didn’t make any promises to me that I may have forgotten
:-D My thoughts exactly!
Hmm Asa Butterfield from Ender’s Game to be next SpiderMan?
#PeterParker <<< Awww. Spent part of every day the last few months my great grandson action figure was here, having to call him or refer to him as Peter Parker! Then he'd hide little black plastic spiders around to "scare" us, like on the floor outside of the bathroom in the morning, or on top of the toilet seat at night, or anywhere a four-y/o thought appropriate. We'd have to pretend-scream each time, of course, especially if he were in costume. Love the imagination little kids share with us, no matter how many times you have to keep repeating the game or scream "EEK!" …
Aw! How sweet! :-)
(I’m so lucky!)
not related to this post at;
I may be alone in saying this- so okay you heard it here first:
I believe China is over-extending themselves and this may not turn out well; it is accumulating land and throwing money into lots places. eventually the law of diminishing returns will begin to demonstrate its validity;
the leaders of China seem to have totally internalized the predictions that they are bound to be number one because of the sheer numbers of their economy and the current growth rate.
hence, they are not discriminating in what they are investing in and they seem to be taking military decisions that are antagonizing their neighborhood.
at the same time they leaders of China seem to have convinced themselves that as more and more of their citizens are getting richer, they will keep believing in their current form of government and never hunger or demand democracy.
if history is any guide, this is wishful thinking and eventually we have seen what happened in Hong Kong be duplicated in Mainland China— but on a much large scale
Interesting take, Linda.. Certainly seems feasible.
I Hear RAIN outside ☔️☔️☔️
JEALOUS!! Rain was in the forecast but never materialized in the north. Enjoy!!
Yay!
yay, kippers’ cage fight.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-32746300
money quote
Mr O’Flynn, the party’s economic spokesman, had written in the Times that Mr Farage had gone from being a “cheerful, ebullient… daring” politician to a “snarling, thin-skinned, aggressive” man.
He said that some around Mr Farage “would like to take UKIP in the direction of some hard-right, ultra-aggressive American Tea Party-type movement” and risked turning the party into a “personality cult”.
I guess Razzzmoosen had some $ to blow on stupid polls. FLOTUS ain’t got time for their mess. Why drag her in?
Fact is First Lady Obama would stomp any contender and they all know it.
Lucky for them she is not interested.
Unfortunate for us and humanity that she is not interested.
True Bob, but she’s not interested. Why won’t they just leave her alone and let her do her thing? It’s tiresome. I’m just empathizing for her now.
Cutenesssss!
Looks more like “eating”…
Amazing person ….
Congrats on 1st criquet :)
I must congratulate Senator Schumer for his and his team’s unrelenting efforts to have Private Henry Lincoln Johnson receive the Medal of Honor. Of course, it would not have happened without the Presidency of Barack Hussein Obama. Thank you Chips for paying tribute to Private Johnson.
BTW, Bibi had a very bad day ….
And his ‘government’ was formed based on a 2 vote margin of the Knesset - 61 to 59.
bbl ….
Trust Barack (thanks Bob!)
How does a young inexperienced President of the USA convince Saudis to agree, and he’s AA. PBO all he does is win baby..no lame duck here.
He keeps on winning; lucky for us.
Lucky for the planet.
That is way cool! Let’s hear it for STEM!
Yep!
Fabulous!
shallow alert. The Scandal finale ( I will not say what it is out of respect for the west coasters) just made me go ummm, what?? It was unexpected and not looked for, but for me, not the OMG moment that i was looking for as a way to end the season. Those of you who have seen it, what say you? Feelings are mixed on Twitter.
Good description, CEBU. Not what I expected either.
And you just couldn’t keep this to yourself till morning? /smh
It’s what all of us in the #Olitz camp were hoping for. Fitz with his balls back and Olivia where she belongs.
You guys if you find Forus in an ally somewhere in Chicago, give him my regards!
Cavs 94 …. Bulls 73
all while Kyrie went down in the 2nd Q & Bron only scored 15pts
What’s on tonight’s menu?
Smoked Bull Tongue
:D
Did you watch the Hawks/Wiz game last night? Paul Pierce hit a 3 w/ 13 seconds left to put D.C. up by 1 and turned to the Atlanta bench and yelled “series” ….only to have Al Horford tip in a game winner 12 seconds later :cool:
Whoever wins that is going to get smoked by Cleveland in the E. Conf finals…who will then proceed to get smoked by Golden State or the Clippers in the finals….Cleveland’s NBA championship dreams were dashed when Kevin Love got knocked out for the rest of the playoffs.
Go Clippers :-)
They were looking good early, GGail….Houston just went on a 8-0 run, but I expect L.A. to finish off the Rockets at home tonight!
Clippers Yay!
Nah missed it! Wow, woulda been nice to see karma bitch slap Mr. “Series” tho! :-)
It seems the RW answer to the question is always about mis-hearing the question
“However, the Prime Minister’s office says Mr Abbott misheard the question and there is no change to the policy that was put forward in the budget.”
Abbott copying from Bush.
Army Private Henry Johnson is one of those people whose life story proves that : ” the arc of moral justice is long but it bends towards justice”;
his story gives us a reason to hope
I’m sorry I can’t take European protestors seriously if they have a PBO cut-outs w/ him wearing Google glasses :lol:
“…The bill that the House passed yesterday, called the USA Freedom Act, doesn’t actually suspend the phone records program. Rather, it requires that phone companies, not the NSA, hold onto the records. “Good! Let them take them. I’m tired of holding onto this,” a current senior U.S. official told The Daily Beast. It requires teams of lawyers and auditors to ensure that the NSA is complying with the Section 215 of the Patriot Act, which authorizes the program, as well as internal regulations on how the records can and can’t be used, he said. The phone records program has become a political lightning rod, the most controversial of all the classified operations that Snowden exposed. If the NSA can still get access to the records but not have to hold onto them itself, all the better, the senior official said….
And there’s another irony. Before the Snowden leaks, the NSA was already looking for alternatives to storing huge amounts of phone records in the agency’s computers. And one of the ideas officials considered was asking Congress to require phone companies to hang onto that information for several years. The idea died, though, because NSA leaders thought that Congress would never agree, current and former officials have said…continued”
so the telcos are gonna squeal like pigs now. who is gonna pay us to hold on to these gazillions of bytes of data.
Well played Mr. President…well played.
So tpa passes. Iran deal moves along.
heck, the kenyan should have started the lame ducky thingy in 2008.
ten sexiest male birds.
sample.
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150504-the-ten-sexiest-male-birds
Read the post AND the comments.
Ta-Nehisi Coates Responds to President Obama
For all the ways we’ve been reminded lately that racism is alive and doing fairly well in this country, I’d like to ask you to take a moment and consider the fact that a young African American writer is having a conversation with our first African American president about the role of race in our lives and politics today (even if that conversation is happening over distance and time). I’d say that’s pretty remarkable.
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http://immasmartypants.blogspot.ca/2015/05/ta-nehisi-coates-responds-to-president.html
Chat on, night owls
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/05/15/night-owl-chat-late-happy-birthday-stevie/
as recent reports have proven, every country spies on other nations, in the past, now and in the future;
false outrage is just that - to console the domestic audience