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This is the Army Today.
What's in a name?
Senior Airman Rob Joswiak shows us how soldiers at Landstuhl, Germany's Wilson Barracks
pay tribute to a noncommissioned officer whose namesake remains part of their daily lives.
Wilson Barracks.
Sounds like just another name of another Army post.
It's much more than that.
Right up the hill from the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center,
what was once home to a Hitler Youth School is now home to the 53rd Signal Battalion.
It took the sacrifice of a corporal's life to change the purpose of this installation
and it was the neglect of the corporal's memorial that caught the eye of some soldiers on their morning run.
Our soldiers took it upon themselves to rejuvenate the memorial that was here for him.
They made it look nice.
We put in a request to have lighting put there, and they really took care of it.
So it feels good to give something back.
And it's only right to give back to an NCO who gave so much.
Corporal Alfred Wilson was a World War II medic who died on November 8, 1944, in France.
He received the Medal of Honor, had the barracks named in his honor,
and had a book written to commemorate his life and ultimate sacrifice.
Today it's the dedication of NCOs and soldiers much like Corporal Wilson that makes Wilson Barracks a better place to live and work.
We've taken pride in actually trying to enhance the quality of life for our soldiers here.
Our soldiers are shift workers; they work 12 hours a day and then they get 12 hours of sleep.
But this is like a place for them to come and relax.
So the next time you hear Wilson Barracks,
you'll know that it's not just another Army post;
it's a place where a former NCO is remembered by today's soldiers.
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That's the Army Today from Soldiers Radio and Television in Washington.
For more on this and other stories, check out army.mil.
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