Saturday, June 09, 2018
Natural State Chautauqua-Enter the Yanks: America in World War I
Tent in Oil Field Park
What to know
Henry Johnson, a common soldier in the famed 369 Infantry Regiment known as the Harlem Hellfighters, will tell his story about his adventure of fighting off 20+ German soldiers single-handedly in hand-to-hand combat in 1918. Despite receiving 21 wounds during the attack he survived. In 2015, Johnson was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his valor and bravery.