Don't fuck with Hank

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I was at the NYS Military Museum with the inch a few weeks ago and saw a great display about The Harlem Hellfighters, in particular this guy. The write-up at the museum went into greater detail than this wikipedia entry, but you get the idea that this guy was someone you wanted on your side. Reminds me a little of the "don't fuck with uncle Bud when he's been drinking joke."

One Medal of Honor and many Distinguished Service Crosses were awarded to members of the regiment. The most celebrated man in the 369th was Pvt. Henry Lincoln Johnson, a former Albany, New York, rail station porter, who earned the nickname "Black Death" for his actions in combat in France. In May 1918 Johnson and Pvt. Needham Roberts fought off a 24-man German patrol, though both were severely wounded. After they expended their ammunition, Roberts used his rifle as a club and Johnson battled with a bolo knife. Johnson was the first American to receive the Croix de Guerre awarded by the French government.