Fort Johnson
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Fort Johnson, formerly Fort Polk, is a United States Army installation located in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, about 10 miles (15 km) east of Leesville and 30 miles (50 km) north of DeRidder in Beauregard Parish.
Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division participate in an exercise in a simulated Iraqi village at the Joint Readiness Training Center.
Aerial view of Camp Polk during the 1940s
World War II POW Camp at Fort Polk in 1943
Vernon Parish, Louisiana
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Vernon Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 48,750. The parish seat is Leesville. Bordered on the west by the Sabine River, the parish was founded in 1871 during the Reconstruction era.
Vernon Parish courthouse in Leesville
Old First National Bank Building in downtown Leesville, LA, now the Courthouse Annex building.
The Vernon Parish Library in Leesville
This is the Vernon Parish Police Jury's Gov't Complex located in the old First Liberty Federal Savings building.