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Fort Bragg 2.0: Army base reverts to its old name, but with a new namesake
A U.S. Army base originally named after a Confederate general, then renamed Fort Liberty, will revert to the name Fort Bragg. Its new namesake is WWII hero Roland Bragg — unbeknownst to his family.
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In reinstating the name of Fort Bragg, the Army hopes to skirt a ban on Confederate namesakes
The base, known as Fort Liberty since 2023, originally was named for Confederate General Braxton Bragg. The Army says it now ...
WWII hero from Maine is the new namesake of Fort Bragg
World War II Pfc. Roland L. Bragg was born in Sabattus lived in Maine until his 1999 death. He replaces the fort's original ...
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Fort Liberty renamed to honor Sabattus native Roland Bragg
In 1918, the military named the fort after a Confederate general, Braxton Bragg, a native of North Carolina who took up arms ...
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Who is Fort Bragg named after? Meet the man who stole a Nazi ambulance to save a soldier
In honor of Bragg’s service, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered Fort Liberty renamed Fort Bragg — this time for the ...
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