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Fort Liberty becomes Fort Bragg, renamed for Battle of Bulge hero

Fayetteville, North Caro- Under Hegseth's lead-
lina — For the second time in ership, Fort Moore is now
less than two years, the larg- reverting back to Fort
est U.S. military base has a Benning — not after the
new name — but the new name Confederate general it
is also its old name. originally honored, but Cpl.
For more than a century, Fred Benning — who
North Carolina's Fort Bragg served with honor for a
honored Confederate Gen. couple of years during
Braxton Bragg. In 2023, it was World War I
changed to Fort Liberty by a "When I compare his
congressionally mandated short service in World War
commission to rename nine I, to mom and dad's life-
bases that honored Confeder- time of service, and every-
ate generals. After President thing they did and influ-
Trump took office, the Penta- enced, I have to ask the
gon changed the name back to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. question — why?" Steve
Fort Bragg last month, but hon- Rebecca Amirpour and Jennifer Bell, Roland Bragg's granddaughters, are plenty proud Moore said, calling the re-
oring a different Bragg than of their grandpa. Though Amirpour initially thought the name change "was a joke," she versal "an absolute loop-
the original.sound the same but feels like "using our grandfather's name is a way of bringing it back in a respectful way." hole."
have different meanings. Lt. Gen. Gregory Anderson, commanding general of Fort Bragg, says his message to There's no answer that
Forts Bragg and Benning those who find the Bragg name and what it represents to be painful is that "Roland L. will satisfy the family of
revert to old names, with a Bragg is someone they can be proud of." But Fort Bragg wasn't the only name recently Hal and Julia Moore,
twist restored. whose lifetime of valor and
The base now honors Steve Moore's family is on the other end of the Army's renaming decisions. Two years service to the Army was
Army Pfc. Ronald L. Bragg, ago, Fort Benning in Georgia was renamed to honor his parents — Lt. Gen. Harold Moore, lost out to a soldier who
who was awarded a Silver Star a highly decorated 32-year infantry commander, and his wife Julia — by the Naming had one thing they did not:
for actions during the Battle of Commission. the right last name.
the Bulge in World War II, ac- Moore says he was especially touched by the renaming because his mother was also
cording to a memo signed by honored, saying the Army was finally recognizing "the value of the military spouse."

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