US Army base in Louisiana renamed after Black WWI hero from Upstate NY. Updated: Jun. 15, 2023, 11:21 a.m. ... according to the National Museum of the United States Army.

Soldiers assigned to U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa joined members of the Italian Army, Aug. 28, near Gallio, Italy, to honor those who were killed in action during World War I ...

US Army renames Louisiana base for Black WWI hero who received Medal of Honor Fort Johnson had previously been named after a Confederate commander, Leonidas Polk. Published June 13, 2023.

A U.S. Army base in Louisiana was renamed to honor Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a WWI soldier who received a Medal of Honor. While on duty one night, 12 German soldiers ambushed Johnson and the ...

In 1926, the Army even dropped her name from a strangely incomplete list of those who had served, despite that iconic 1918 photo. Perhaps some bureaucrat had privately guessed Messelin’s secret ...

Charles Harold Soder, of Zanesville, formerly of Newark, enlisted at age 15 in the U.S. Army as 18-year-old Frank Charles Fergus. He died in 1918.