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re: Fort Polk officially renamed
Posted on 6/14/23 at 8:57 am to VernonPLSUfan
Posted on 6/14/23 at 8:57 am to VernonPLSUfan
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Pretty much the same type of conditions you would face in Nam. Except for the pine trees and flat terrain. Did you ever do Peason ridge and the Vietnam village, if it was still their?
I wasn’t at Polk for long thankfully. When we went to the field it was almost always to the tank range. I was moved from there to be a tank gunnery instructor at the Armor school back at Fort Knox.
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Posted on 6/14/23 at 8:57 am to Darth_Vader
My Dad was there when it was Camp Polk
Posted on 6/14/23 at 8:59 am to FightinTigersDammit
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My Dad was there when it was Camp Polk
WWII?
Posted on 6/14/23 at 8:59 am to Darth_Vader
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Not saying it was right, in fact it was wrong. But that’s the reality of it. Of course there were notable exceptions to this in both wars like the Harlem Hellfighters in WWI, the 761st Armor Battalion, and Tuskegee Airmen of WWII. But for the vast majority of black soldiers in WWI and II, they spent the war never coming close to combat.
Sure, and they aren't handing them out like candy. There's only been a few awarded from the two world wars.
I just think calling the award "affirmative action" is a stretch. Johnson was worthy at the time, and France gave him a Croix du Guerre at the time for what he did.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 9:02 am to VernonPLSUfan
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Oh well at least it's not Fort Mulvaney.
Or Fort Deshawn...
Posted on 6/14/23 at 9:02 am to GetCocky11
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I just think calling the award "affirmative action" is a stretch. Johnson was worthy at the time, and France gave him a Croix du Guerre at the time for what he did.
You’re 100% correct. The only reason he wasn’t awarded the MoH, or at least a Silver Star at that time was the fact he was a black man. That’s fricked up. He deserved better and it’s a shame he never received his due while still alive.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 9:02 am to Darth_Vader
My Retirement Orders say Fort Polk. So it’s always gonna be Fort Polk.
Wasting money on changing signs isn’t going to change the name. It’ll take 10-15 years before people get used to the name change.
Wasting money on changing signs isn’t going to change the name. It’ll take 10-15 years before people get used to the name change.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 9:03 am to Darth_Vader
Did JRTC there in June of 2021. That place is its own special hell.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 9:04 am to GetCocky11
I've always felt sorry for the kids stationed at Polk.
Think about this, if they want to go to "town" they either have to go to Alexandria or Lake Chuck...
If I get a terminal illness those would be the places I would go, 6 months would seem like an eternity.
Think about this, if they want to go to "town" they either have to go to Alexandria or Lake Chuck...
If I get a terminal illness those would be the places I would go, 6 months would seem like an eternity.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 9:05 am to Darth_Vader
Ft. Patton would have a better ring and they would only have to change the olk to atton.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 9:09 am to VernonPLSUfan
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Ft. Patton would have a better ring and they would only have to change the olk to atton.
I’m sure they’ll be renaming Fort Hood. Patton would be a fitting name.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 9:12 am to Darth_Vader
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I’m sure they’ll be renaming Fort Hood.
Think it already happened, Ft Cavalos or something?
Posted on 6/14/23 at 9:13 am to Lakeboy7
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Think it already happened, Ft Cavalos or something?
Yeah, now that you mention it, I remember that. What about Fort Stuart?
Posted on 6/14/23 at 9:14 am to Darth_Vader
Post-Korea
Posted on 6/14/23 at 9:18 am to Darth_Vader
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Fort Stuart?
No idea man, but if I was a betting man...
Posted on 6/14/23 at 9:23 am to Darth_Vader
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I was stationed a Fort Polk briefly after the First Gulf War. The main thing I remember is during the summer, every day between 2-3 in the afternoon it would come a freaking deluge. Then as quick as it came, the rain was gone, the clouds were gone, and the sun, heat, and humidity were just brutal. Within minutes everything had steam coming off it, including us.
Average Louisiana day.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 9:31 am to Darth_Vader
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The only reason he wasn’t awarded the MoH, or at least a Silver Star at that time was the fact he was a black man. That’s fricked up
Or a private. Or in Special Forces and not the big green machine. Or from the wrong university in England.
Yes, it's fricked up, but not much more fricked up than what happened in Vietnam, the Boer War, the Korean War, etc. to enlisted folks in general.
And plenty of black men saw combat in WWII. Everyone on a ship is in combat at the same time including the dudes serving coffee, and truck drivers are targets too.
Doris Miller probably got the better end of the bargain, though. Name a ship after you, thousands of people will forever be associated with your name. Get awarded any ribbon, and people forget you as soon as the President wanders off the stage into a potted plant.
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While gathering laundry on the U.S.S. West Virginia the day of the Pearl Harbor attack, Miller heard the alarm on his ship sound. He went to his battlestation, but it was damaged by enemy fire. After attempting to help a mortally wounded commanding officer, Miller manned a .50 caliber anti-aircraft machine gun and fired at the Japanese planes until he ran out of ammunition. He then helped other injured sailors evacuate.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 9:40 am to GetCocky11
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Private Johnson exposed himself
Posted on 6/14/23 at 9:46 am to GetCocky11
I think he wasn't awarded it until Obama was in office which is wild. He was one of the Hellfighters.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 10:03 am to Darth_Vader
Fort Hood is now Fort Cavazos. Sneakily appropriate because it's easily shortened to Fort CAV. Get it?
No one should have a problem with naming an Army base after a hero like Henry Johnson but I would have preferred somebody connected to Louisiana for the Fort Polk rebrand.
No one should have a problem with naming an Army base after a hero like Henry Johnson but I would have preferred somebody connected to Louisiana for the Fort Polk rebrand.
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