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“the Battle of Henry Johnson.”


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Henry Johnson, the One-Man Army Who Fought Off Dozens of German Soldiers During World War I

 

In May 1918, Henry Johnson found himself alone in the Argonne with a wounded ally, an empty rifle, and dozens of German soldiers closing in. He didn’t run. He fought.

 

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“There wasn’t anything so fine about it,” he said. “ just fought for my life. A rabbit would have done that."

 

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Thankfully, most of the injustices and bigotry he experienced have been erased from our society.  Sounds like a helluva man.

https://www.nationalguard.mil/News/Article/1515966/wwi-hero-henry-johnson-fought-for-his-life-with-a-bolo-knife/

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He fired the three rounds in his French-made rifle, tossed all his hand grenades and then grabbed his Army-issue bolo knife and started stabbing. He buried the knife in the head of one attacker and then disemboweled another German soldier.

"Each slash meant something, believe me," Johnson said later.

 

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