Posted on Jun 13, 2023
Fort Polk is now Fort Johnson after US Army moves to honor World War I hero | CNN Politics
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The US Army on Tuesday officially renamed Louisiana’s Fort Polk as Fort Johnson, the latest US military installation to be redesignated as part of an effort to strip Confederate leaders of the honor.
The base, officially named Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Johnson, now honors Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a Black US soldier during World War I who fought off about two dozen Germans alone, killing at least four. It was previously named after Confederate commander Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk.
The base, officially named Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Johnson, now honors Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a Black US soldier during World War I who fought off about two dozen Germans alone, killing at least four. It was previously named after Confederate commander Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk.
Fort Polk is now Fort Johnson after US Army moves to honor World War I hero | CNN Politics
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I'm happy for a WWI hero being honored, but changing the name is kind of a slap in the face of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who went into combat from Ft Polk.
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SSG(P) (Join to see) If I ever build a shadow box this will be the background in it.
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Thank you my friend SSG(P) (Join to see) for letting us know that Fort Polk has been renamed for Black US soldier Sgt. William Henry Johnson who during World War I fought off about two dozen Germans alone, killing at least four.
It is interesting that the campaign to rename US posts and national guard posts from honoring CSA officers to honoring others. As history may well repeat itself in the coming decades, those honored and dishonored may well be reversed or additional insults for the dead.
FYI PV2 Scott M.
It is interesting that the campaign to rename US posts and national guard posts from honoring CSA officers to honoring others. As history may well repeat itself in the coming decades, those honored and dishonored may well be reversed or additional insults for the dead.
FYI PV2 Scott M.
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