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Fort Liberty renamed Fort Bragg

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Fort Liberty may become Fort Bragg again, but named after a different soldier

Is it an honor or a cynical end run? When it comes to the former — and apparently future — Fort Bragg, that’s in the eye of the beholder. North Carolina state Rep. John Blust, a Greensboro Republican who served as an enlisted soldier in the 82nd Airborne Division at the installation in the 1970s,

The Washington Post · 8h

What is Fort Bragg? Hegseth restores Army base name from Fort Liberty.

The base was renamed Fort Liberty in 2023 to disassociate from Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg. It’s now named after Roland L. Bragg, a World War II hero.

USA Today · 6h

Pete Hegseth orders Fort Liberty name change. Who is Pfc. Roland L. Bragg?

The Army paratrooper after whom Fort Liberty will regain the name Bragg was born June 11, 1923, in Sabbattus, Maine, to Calvin and Ella Stevens Bragg.

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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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Hegseth renames North Carolina military base Fort Roland L. Bragg and signals more change coming

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has signed an order restoring the name of a storied special operations forces base back to ...

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Hegseth renames North Carolina military base back to Fort Roland L. Bragg

The base was renamed Fort Liberty in 2023 as part of a national effort to remove names that honored Confederate leaders.

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