Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth found a little-known soldier from World War I to revive the Ft. Benning name. The base was originally named for secessionist Henry Benning.

Georgia's Fort Moore is being renamed after Fred Benning, a modest World War I hero from Nebraska who avoided discussing his service. Now he's in the limelight, posthumously.

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The Trump Administration has returned a Georgia military installation back to its former name, but the name now represents ...

Fred Benning, a Nebraska native awarded the military's second-highest honor for his battlefield courage as an 18-year-old ...

This time, the Trump Administration said it’s in honor of Neligh, Nebraska native Cpl. Fred Benning, who served in France during WWI. He was a recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross, the ...

For more than a century, Fort Benning's name honored a Confederate general who supported slavery. The military changed the ...

The decision came after Hegseth made complaints in the media about recent military base name changes and changed Fort Liberty ...

Moore, himself, was injured at some point during the fighting, but he never slowed. When he was awarded the Purple Heart for ...

Fort Moore, named in 2023 after late Auburn resident and Lt. Gen. Hal Moore, is being changed back to Fort Benning.