A military base named for Army Sgt. Henry Johnson, a Black Medal of Honor recipient from Albany who Theodore Roosevelt described as one of the “five bravest Americans” to serve in World War I, will ...

As part of the national campaign to change the names of U.S. Army installations to cut ties with Confederate figures in America, Louisiana’s Fort Polk ... the French Croix de Guerre avec Palme.

FORT POLK, La. (KL F Y ... two months after the United States entered WWI. Johnson became a national hero after he fought off a German raiding party with a knife and saved fellow soldier ...

In June, Fort Polk is set to be renamed in honor of ... that went unrecognized when he served as a black sergeant in WWI. Johnson served under the “Harlem Hellfighters,” which operated under ...

Lee Gugino believes that if you haven’t seen Old Fort Niagara in a few years, then you haven’t seen it at all. “Everything is different,” he said, referring to the fort’s recent ...