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Two years after switch, Fort Polk’s name returns
Fort Johnson — which was named after World War I Sgt. William Henry Johnson — was renamed Fort ... Read more
Fort Johnson — which was named after World War I Sgt. William Henry Johnson — was renamed Fort ... Read more
Fort Johnson, which was named after Albany war hero and World War I Sgt. Henry Johnson, was renamed ... Read more
By Sgt. Ryan Reed | Special to the News Leader FORT POLK — More than 4,000 soldiers from ... Read more
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ordered the parole of convicted rapist and ... Read more
On the grass of Warrior Field Tuesday morning, America’s Premier Combat Training Center was renamed to honor Sgt. ... Read more
Fort Polk shed its namesake on Tuesday to become Fort Johnson. The change is part of a broad ... Read more
Fort Polk became Fort Johnson on Tuesday in honor of Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a World War I Medal of ... Read more
A former Fort Polk soldier convicted in the 1988 kidnapping, rape and murder of a Leesville woman has been ... Read more
U.S. Government officials believe the process to remove and replace Fort Polk’s name across the installation and surrounding ... Read more
Corvias, the property management company charged with overseeing Fort Polk housing, announced this week that it would be ... Read more