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The U.S. Army installation Fort Benning was named after Benning. It is home to the U.S. Army Infantry School and is located near Columbus, Georgia. During World War II, a Liberty ship was named in honor of Benning. The SS Henry L. Benning, United States Merchant Marine 0946, was built in Baltimore, Maryland and went into service on March 9 ...
Fort Benning (1917), near Columbus, Georgia, named for Confederate General Henry L. Benning, was redesignated Fort Moore on 11 May 2023 in honor of General Hal Moore and his wife Julia Compton Moore [13] Fort Bragg (1918), in North Carolina, named for Confederate General Braxton Bragg, was redesignated Fort Liberty on 2 June 2023 in honor of ...
The crew of a 37 mm gun M3 anti-tank gun, in training at Fort Benning, Georgia, April 1942. During World War II Fort Benning had 197,159 acres (79,787 ha) with billeting space for 3,970 officers and 94,873 enlisted persons. Among many other units, Fort Benning was the home of the 555th Parachute Infantry Company, whose training began in ...
The new name honors Lt. Gen. Hal Moore and his wife, Julia. Moore’s three-decade military career was highlighted by his heroism as commander at the Battle of Ia Drang during the Vietnam War.
Hegseth was discussing Fort Benning - now Fort Moore - named for Confederate Gen. Henry L. Benning. For more CNN news and newsletters create an account at CNN.com Show comments
The commission tasked with recommending new names for bases named for Confederates sent a list of new names including Fort Gordon and Fort Benning.
The Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC), formerly known as the School of the Americas, [2] is a United States Department of Defense school located at Fort Moore (formerly known as Fort Benning) in Columbus, Georgia, renamed in the 2001 National Defense Authorization Act.
The camp was named in honor of Henry Lewis Benning, a Columbus native who served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War and later as a justice of the Georgia Supreme Court. The Army created a rudimentary landing field at Benning in 1919 with the initial mission of determining if data obtained by balloon observation would benefit ...