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Army renames Louisiana base for Black WWI hero who received Medal of Honor

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Army renames Louisiana base for Black WWI hero who received Medal of Honor

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World News@beehaw.org · 1 year ago

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Sgt. William Henry Johnson was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in 2015.

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I’m super happy with the decision to rename all these bases named after confederate leaders. Should have been done ages ago. I’m sure some subreddits are going nuts over this.

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