The base now honors Sgt. William Henry Johnson, whose actions on the front lines in France earned him the nickname Black Death during his lifetime and a posthumous Medal of Honor nearly a century ...

The base now honors Sgt. William Henry Johnson, whose actions on the front lines in France earned him the nickname Black Death during his lifetime and a posthumous Medal of Honor nearly a century ...

Born William Henry Johnson in Winston Salem, North Carolina, 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 ...

During World War I, Sgt. William Henry Johnson served in the 369th Infantry Regiment, one of the first African American units in the U.S. Armed Forces to have black officers.

William Henry Johnson, considered one of the most important African American artists of the early 1920s and ’30s, at work. . Credit: CSU Archives/Everett Collection Historical / Alamy Stock Photo ...

Louisiana's Fort Polk became Fort Johnson, the latest Army base to replace its Confederate name. It now honors a soldier who earned a Medal of Honor a century after the night that made him a hero.

Sgt. William Henry Johnson, the World War I hero described as someone with a ‘warrior spirit,’ received the Medal of Honor nearly a century after serving on the front lines of France. US Army ...

Louisiana's Fort Polk became Fort Johnson, the latest Army base to replace its Confederate name. It now honors a soldier who earned a Medal of Honor a century after the night that made him a hero.

Sgt. Henry Johnson waves to well-wishers as the 369th Infantry Regiment march up Fifth Avenue during a welcome-back parade in New York City on Feb. 17, 1919. Image: New York National Guard ...