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14 cze 2023 · Louisiana's Fort Polk became Fort Johnson, the latest Army base to replace its Confederate name. It now honors a soldier who earned a Medal of Honor a century after the night that made him a...
18 maj 2023 · The Army installation named for Confederate Gen. Leonidas K. Polk, a resident of New Orleans who was killed in combat in 1864, will become Fort Johnson.
24 mar 2023 · Fort Polk, Louisiana is one of nine Army bases that are changing their names and removing all Confederate references. (via Military OneSource)
13 cze 2023 · WashingtonCNN — 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...
25 maj 2022 · The commission recommended Fort Polk — named after Confederate Gen. Leonidas Polk — be renamed Fort Johnson after Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a black soldier who fought in World War I and earned the Medal of Honor for fending off a German surprise attack, at times fighting hand-to-hand with a knife, and preventing a fellow soldier from ...
14 kwi 2023 · The Department of Defense Naming Commission will rename nine Army installations by January 1, 2024. DTMO's website will be updated to reflect all changes by this date.
13 cze 2023 · Fort Polk, La., was officially renamed Fort Johnson in a ceremony at the Army base on Tuesday, June 13, 2023. (U.S. Army ) With the striking of an anvil to symbolize the forging of the...
