CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 BATTLING BLACK DEATH CHAPTER 2 THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM CHAPTER 3FIGHTING FOR EQUALITY ON THE HOME FRONT CHAPTER 4 RECRUITING THE FIGHTING FIFTEENTH CHAPTER5 WAR IN EUROPE AND WAR AT HOME CHAPTER 6THE FIGHTING FIFTEENTH IN FRANCE CHAPTER7 AT THE FRONT 70 CHAPTER 8 THE BOYS COME HOME 80 CHAPTER 9AFTERMATH OF BIRACIAL WARFARE TIMELINE 100 102 104 ESSENTIAL FACTs GLOSSARY ADDITIONAL RESOURCES SOURCE NOTES INDEX ABOUT THE AUTHOR 106 110 112
Privates Henry Johnson left and Needham Roberts right single handedly defeated German troops on the night of May 15
CHAPIES BATTLING BLACK DEATH It was midnight and Private Henry Johnson sat in the dark listening for the enemy It was a moonlit night easier for spotting the enemy but also easier for getting spotted Every sound seemed magnified in the darkness Private Johnson along with fellow to 4 00 a m patrol of Outpost 29 an isolated listening post that soldier Private Needham Roberts thad volunteered for the midnight was part of the French defenses against enemy German forces Although Johnson and Roberts weren't French their unit the 369th US Infantry was among the first of US troops sent to help fight in the Great War in Europe the war that became known as World War I 1914 1918 On the night of May 15 1918 Johnson and Roberts had one mission listen for any signs of the enemy and report the news so the front line could prepare for
