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.

The Army officially redesignated the installation previously known as Fort Polk, Louisiana, on June 13 to Fort Johnson. The fort, which is home to the Joint Readiness Training Center and the 3rd ...

The Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital, a military treatment facility, has been named a 2025 Leapfrog Top Rural Hospital, ...

The Army renamed a western Louisiana base Tuesday in an effort to shed its Confederate history — and instead uplift a black World War I hero. Fort Polk was rebranded as Fort Johnson in honor of ...

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.

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 ...

FORT JOHNSON, La. -- With the clang of a hammer hitting a ceremonial anvil and the raising of a red, white, blue and yellow banner, Louisiana's largest military installation took on a new name that ...

FORT POLK, La. (KL F Y) — Fort Polk received a new name today to honor a World War I hero. Fort Polk was renamed for New York National Guard Sgt. Henry Johnson. The Army installation named for ...

Last week, the U.S. Army did a good thing. But it just made a bad thing look even worse. In a low-wattage ceremony followed by a Facebook post, the brass at Fort Polk in west central Louisiana renamed ...

Fort Polk, Louisiana, was officially redesignated as Fort Johnson during a ceremony June 13, 2023. (Army) The Army officially redesignated the installation previously known as Fort Polk, Louisiana, on ...