Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the U.S. Army to rename Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg, but this time, the base will honor World War II hero Pfc. Roland L. Bragg instead of the Confederate general it was previously named after.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday directed the U.S. Army to change the name of Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg . However, there's a twist. Hegseth signed a memo aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 before landing in Stuttgart, Germany, ordering the renaming of the North Carolina base to Fort Roland L. Bragg. Hegseth announced the decision after signing the memo, stating, 'That's right. Bragg is back.
' The name change comes after the base was renamed Fort Liberty in 2023 as part of a broader Department of Defense initiative launched in response to the 2020 George Floyd protests. This initiative aimed to rename military installations bearing the names of Confederate soldiers. The original Fort Bragg was named in 1918 after Gen. Braxton Bragg, a Confederate general from Warrenton, North Carolina. Bragg is known for owning slaves and losing key Civil War battles that contributed to the Confederacy's defeat.The new name honors Pfc. Roland L. Bragg, a World War II hero who received the Silver Star and Purple Heart for his extraordinary bravery during the Battle of the Bulge. According to the memo, 'During these hellish conditions and amidst ferocious fighting, PFC. Bragg saved a fellow soldier's life by commandeering an enemy ambulance and driving it 20 miles to transport a fellow wounded warrior to an allied hospital in Belgium.' The military installation is one of the largest in the world, housing the Army's renowned 82nd Airborne Division and the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). The memo emphasizes that the directive 'honors the personal courage and selfless service of all those who have trained to fight and win our nation's wars, including PFC. Bragg, and is in keeping with the installation's esteemed and storied history.'The North Carolina base is not the only one undergoing a name change. Several other Army posts were also renamed, including Fort Benning, home to the Army's infantry school, to Fort Moore, after the late Lt. Gen. Hal Moore, a Vietnam War commander, and Fort Hood to Fort Cavazos, named after Gen. Richard Edward Cavazos, a four-star general who served in both the Korean and Vietnam wars. At the time of the Army's renaming initiatives, Retired U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Ty Seidule stated at a commission meeting that Fort Liberty was chosen as the new name because 'liberty remains the greatest American value.
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