Needham Roberts, ca. 1917, Full-length portrait of Needham Roberts posed in front of scenic backdrop

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Needham Roberts, ca. 1917, Full-length portrait of Needham Roberts posed in front of scenic backdrop

1917

http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-i0575

1 photograph ; 18 x 13 cm.

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Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 11656174

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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...