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May 11 2023
04:24 pm
By: jbr
Fort Benning, a massive US Army training base near Columbus, Georgia, was renamed Fort Moore on Thursday to honor the late Lt. Gen. Harold “Hal” Moore and his wife Julia, who both made “meaningful and lasting contributions” to the Army, officials said.
Georgia’s Fort Benning drops Confederacy connection with new name in honor of a military couple
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