FORT POLK - In a ceremony Friday at the Fort Polk Joint Readiness Training Center, the Vernon Parish Army base was ...

Army base in Louisiana sheds Confederate name for a Black war hero. Updated June 14, 2023 More than 2 years ago. 8 min. The former Fort Polk Army base in Vernon Parish, La., formally became Fort ...

A U.S. Army base in western Louisiana was renamed Tuesday to honor Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a Black hero of World War I who received the Medal of Honor nearly a century later.

The U.S. Army base in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, is renamed Fort Johnson in honor of a Black World War I hero, Tuesday, June 13, 2023. (AP Newsroom) Johnson was wounded 21 times while beating back ...

A U.S. Army base in west Louisiana has been renamed in honor of Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a Black hero of World War I and Medal of Honor recipient.

FORT JOHNSON, La. (AP) — A U.S. Army base in western Louisiana was renamed Tuesday to honor Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a Black hero of World War I who received the Medal of Honor nearly a ...

FORT JOHNSON, La. - A U.S. Army base in west central Louisiana's Vernon Parish was renamed to Fort Johnson in a ceremony Tuesday in honor of Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a Black hero of World War I ...

US Army renames Louisiana base for Black WWI hero who received Medal of Honor Fort Johnson had previously been named after a Confederate commander, Leonidas Polk. Published June 13, 2023.

FORT JOHNSON, La. — A U.S. Army base in western Louisiana was renamed Tuesday to honor Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a Black hero of World War I who received the Medal of Honor nearly a century later.

FORT JOHNSON, La. — A U.S. Army base in western Louisiana was renamed Tuesday to honor Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a Black hero of World War I who received the Medal of Honor nearly a century later.