Renesch, E.G
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This color lithograph illustrates the heroic fight waged by African American World War I soldiers Sergeant Henry Johnson and Private Needham Roberts on May 15, 1918 when they were attacked on guard duty in a French sector by a vastly superior German raiding party. Though both Johnson and Roberts sustained numerous wounds, they prevailed in a struggle that ended up in the hand-to-hand combat conveyed in this print. These soldiers were cited for bravery and were the first Americans to receive the illustrious French Croix de Guerre.
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- Arms & Armament
- Bayonets
- Courage
- Heroes
- Heroes 1910 1920
- Heroes United States
- Knives
- Political Posters
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- Rifles
- Segregation United States History
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- United States History World War, 1914 1918
- Violence
- War Posters
- World War, 1914 1918
- Wounds & Injuries