Fort Polk to be renamed Fort Johnson to honor World War I hero
Briefly

The US Army on Tuesday will officially rename Louisiana's Fort Polk military base, the latest US military installation to be redesignated as part of an effort to strip Confederate leaders of the honor.The base will be retitled Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Johnson in honor of Sgt.William Henry Johnson, a Black US soldier during World War I who fought off about two dozen Germans alone, killing at least four.
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