(MILITARY WWI) ROBERTS NEEDHAM Our First Colored Hero of th

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(MILITARY--WWI.) ROBERTS. NEEDHAM. Our First Colored Hero of the World's War. Full-length sepia-toned silver print portrait, 5-1/8 x 4-1/4 inches; tiny nick to center and faint crease showing by his right boot. Trenton, N.J, circa 1919

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Needham Roberts (1901-1949) was one of two soldiers who were specially honored for bravery by the French government. A Poster was made of them, titled "Out Colored Heroes."