Freddie Stowers
Freddie Stowers is an African-American hero of the First World War, born in Sandy Springs, South Carolina, on January 12, 1896 and fallen in action on September 28, 1918 in Ardeuil-et-Monfauxelles in the Ardennes. Incorporated into the 371st Infantry Regiment, the South African Volunteer Regiment of South Carolina, Stowers, assigned to the Ardennes with his unit, took a particularly glorious part on September 28, 1918, on the assault on Hill 188, near Ardeuil-et-Monfauxelles. The Germans, who defended a machine gun…