June 13 (UPI) --As part of an ongoing effort to cut ties with Confederate figures, Louisiana's Fort Polk was renamed Tuesday during a brief ceremony to honor a World War I soldier who served in the ...
Sgt. William Henry Johnson was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in 2015. As part of the national campaign to change the names of U.S. Army installations to cut ties with Confederate figures in ...
Two years ago, Fort Polk became Fort Johnson, shedding its Confederate namesake and honoring a Black World War I hero. On Friday, Louisiana's largest military installation became Fort Polk once again.
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