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Fort Benning takes back its old name, but to honor a different soldier
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last month ordered the change back to Fort Benning to honor Fred Benning, who was awarded the ...
Georgia Recorder8d
Fort Benning, briefly Fort Moore, is Fort Benning again – but honors another Benning, military says
Fort Benning’s name has officially been restored after a two-year stint as Fort Moore that was part of a national move away ...
Boston Herald8d
Fort Benning takes back its old name, but to honor a different soldier
FORT BENNING (AP) — The Army has restored the name Fort Benning to its storied training post in Georgia, only this time to honor an 18-year-old corporal who fought in World War I rather than a ...
usace.army.mil8d
Benning Ready: Fort Benning holds redesignation ceremony
FORT BENNING, Ga. — U.S. Army Soldiers, veterans, military and civic leaders, community members, and the whole Benning family gathered for the ceremonial redesignation of Fort Moore to Fort ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette8d
Army restores Fort Benning name
FORT BENNING -- The Army officially restored the name Fort Benning to its storied training post in Georgia, only this time to honor an 18-year-old corporal who fought in World War I rather than a ...
Stars and Stripes9d
‘He is my hero’: Fort Benning marks name change with ceremony highlighting World War I infantryman
FORT BENNING, Ga. — Fred Benning was a humble, small-town man who rarely spoke of his exploits as a teenage soldier in Europe, where he earned the Army’s second highest honor for battlefield ...
Military Times9d
Fort Benning returns to old name — with a new namesake
Sue Conger-Williams, right, Fred Benning's granddaughter, unveils a new sign at Fort Benning during a ceremony honoring its new namesake Wednesday. (Brynn Anderson/AP) FORT BENNING — The Army ...