Camp Leroy Johnson (1940-1964) - A World War II U.S. Army Air Field established in 1940 near New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. First named New Orleans Army Air Base, Renamed Camp Leroy Johnson on 25 Nov 1947 after Sergeant Leroy Johnson who was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, for throwing himself on two grenades during a 1944 assualt on Leyte in the Philippines. Closed in 1964.