Colored Troops - Two American Negroes Win Croix de Guerre. 1917-1918

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Colored Troops - Two American Negroes Win Croix de Guerre. 1917-1918

1917-1918

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Two American Negroes Win Croix de Guerre. These colored fighters routed a German raiding party numerically stronger. The two men, Henry Johnson (left) and Neadham Roberts (right), are members of the 369th Regt. Inf. Each has been decorated Photographer: International Film Service

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Roberts, Needham, 1901-1949

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Needham Roberts (April 28, 1901 – April 18, 1949) was an American soldier in the Harlem Hellfighters and recipient of the Purple Heart and the Croix de Guerre for his valor during World War I. Roberts was born in Trenton, New Jersey and raised on Trenton's Wilson Street. He sometimes spelled his first name as "Neadom", which is how it appears on his grave marker. Roberts graduated from Lincoln Elementary School and attended high school, but dropped out before graduating so he could begin wor...