Join Reverend Campbell as he presents another episode of The Tower, A Third Side Perspective to military news for the Infernal Legion. In this episode we are discussing why the Army renamed a base in Louisiana. This originally aired in the Infernal Legion Podcast #35: https://radiofreesatan.com/blog/infernal-legion-podcast-035/
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Detailed Notes
Intro
Company Halt. Left Face. At Ease. Listen up soldiers. While we are out here, you will take all commands from the tower, and I am the tower, do you understand? (Yes Sergeant)
Welcome to The Tower, your dose of military news delivered with an infernal edge. My name is Reverend Campbell and today we are discussing why the Army renamed a base in Louisiana.
Discussion
Army Renames Louisiana Base for Black WWI Hero Who Received Medal of Honor
Associated Press
FORT JOHNSON, La. — A U.S. Army base in western Louisiana was renamed Tuesday to honor Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a Black hero of World War I who received the Medal of Honor nearly a century later.
Fort Johnson had previously been named after a Confederate commander, Leonidas Polk. The renaming is part of the U.S. military’s efforts to address historic racial injustice — work that included changing the names of nine Army posts that commemorated Confederate officers.
“Sgt. William Henry Johnson embodied the warrior spirit, and we are deeply honored to bear his name,” Brig. Gen. David Garner, the commanding general of the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Johnson, said in a post on Twitter.
While serving on the front lines of France in 1918, Johnson fought off a German night raid near the Argonne Forest, according to the National Museum of the United States Army.
Johnson was wounded 21 times while beating back the attacking forces. He also prevented a wounded Black comrade from being taken prisoner when, after running out of grenades and ammunition, he killed two German soldiers with his knife.
“His frantic attacks broke the German morale and the enemy raiding party retreated,” the Army museum’s biography of Johnson says.
He survived the war, and former President Theodore Roosevelt named him one of the five bravest Americans to serve in the conflict. He insisted he was no hero, and the Army biography quotes him as saying, “There wasn’t anything so fine about it. Just fought for my life. A rabbit would have done that.”
His brave actions were recognized nearly a century later when he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 2015 “for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty.”
However, Johnson’s actions were not recognized by the Army, which denied him a disability allowance and did not award him a Purple Heart. Due to his injuries, he struggled after returning home to Albany, New York, and died of a heart condition in 1929. He was 32 years old.
The current process of renaming nine Army posts marks the first time bases will be named after Black soldiers and women.
Earlier this month, Fort Bragg in North Carolina became Fort Liberty, and Fort Benning in Georgia was renamed Fort Moore last month.
The original naming process involved members of local communities, although Black residents were left out of the conversations. Bases were named after soldiers born or raised nearby, no matter how effectively they performed their duties. Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg is widely regarded among historians as a poor leader who did not have the respect of his troops.
Thoughts
- Why is a LA base being named after a soldier from NY?
- Renaming based from Confederate commanders to other soldiers is fine, so long as we don’t forget the past.
- White washing history into black and white, good and bad does a disservice to all soldiers who fought and died
- Sgt. William Henry Johnson’s quote about his actions not being so fine is the reality of battle. No one goes into a conflict to be a hero, or be remembered. Nor to sacrifice life or limb. They are tasked with a mission and in the shit they try their best to complete it with their life intact. At some moments it may just be to save their own skin, damn the mission.
- He died at 32 years old. And the Army refused to recognise his disability. There are many soldiers fighting for their disability, this is the true tradition of military service.
- Allow the community to decide the base name. IF they all choose a confederate commander, fine, if not, that’s fine too, but it is imperative to allow the local community to honor their own history in their own way, even if those outside the community disagree. That’s the essence of free speech.
Outro
Alright soldiers, that is all I have for you today. Company Attention. Fallout!