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Describe what Henry Johnson did to earn his Medal of Honor.

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US Army Sergeant Henry Johnson was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic acts in World War I. Johnson was the first American to win the French military's highest honor during World War I. As Johnson looked over to assist Roberts, he saw two Germans lift him up to carry him off toward the German lines. He fought off a German raid in hand-to-hand combat, killing multiple German soldiers and rescuing a fellow soldier while experiencing 21 wounds. After Johnson's death his place of burial had been located at Arlington National Cemetery in 2001, the Army awarded him the Distinguished Service Cross, the nation's second-highest military decoration.

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