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Pentagon changes name of Georgia Army base back to Fort Benning, dumping Fort Moore

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reinstated the name Fort Benning for the Army base in Columbus, Georgia, reversing the previous name, Fort Moore, which honored military family members.
Fort Moore was named in May 2023 to honor Lt. Gen. Hal Moore and his wife, Julia, in response to racial injustice protests.
Family members of Hal and Julia Moore expressed shock and confusion over the decision, labeling it a violation of the spirit of a law aimed at removing Confederate names.
Hegseth appointed Cpl. Fred G. Benning, a World War I soldier, as the new namesake to comply with the Congressional mandate to eliminate Confederate names.

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The 18-year-old World War I corporal behind Fort Benning’s renaming

Fort Benning's new namesake, Fred Benning, was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his battlefield courage

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Trump’s move to restore old Army base names highlights Nebraska man’s heroics at 18 in World War I

By JOHN HANNA For more than a century, Fort Benning’s name honored a Confederate general who supported slavery. The military changed the name of the Army base in Georgia two years ago, but now the Trump administration is set on restoring the familiar one — this time for a different Benning. The new namesake is Fred Benning, a Nebraska native awarded the military’s second-highest honor for his battlefield courage as an 18-year-old corporal in 191…

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Back to Benning: Fort Moore name to return to Benning after WWI soldier

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — The Secretary of Defense has renamed Fort Moore back to Fort Benning after less than two years under the current name. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum today, which confirmed the new Benning will be named after Cpl. Fred G. Benning. For nearly a century, the U.S. Army installation was named for confederate officer Henry L. Benning, a Columbus native. It was one of nine military installations congress o…

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Hal Moore, an actual American hero, deserves better

Removing Hal Moore's name from the Army base in Georgia is an outright disgrace.

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Pentagon renames base to honor Confederate general

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has, for the second time, reversed the renaming of a U.S. military base, saying that Fort Moore in Georgia should revert back to being called Fort Benning.

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Helm’s Deep Shall Henceforth Be Known as Sauron’s Deep. No, Not That Sauron

“The Pentagon announced that Fort Moore, formerly named Fort Benning for a Confederate general, will again be named Fort Benning, although it will now honor a different Benning.” – CBS News - - -It is with immense pleasure that I, King Éomer of Rohan, announce that Helm’s Deep and its fortress shall today revert to the original name of Sauron’s Deep. No, my loyal servants, not that Sauron. Rest assured that our beloved stronghold is not named af…

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