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WWI Hero Sgt. Henry Johnson Receives Long Overdue Medal of Honor

By |2015-06-08T13:58:15-04:00June 8th, 2015|Celebrities, History, Military, Research|

Almost a century after their service, Sgt. Henry Johnson* and Sgt. William Shemin were finally awarded the Medal of Honor at a White House ceremony for their heroics in World War I. As the genealogist who had the privilege of researching both of these Medal of Honor cases for the Army, I had the opportunity to seek out and steep myself in more than 1,300 pages of Sgt. Johnson's paper trail, so I'd like to clarify some misconceptions.

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