Halfway through base name changes, business as usual across the Army

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Halfway through base name changes, business as usual across the Army
By Davis Winkie
May 12, 08:38 AM
Fort Benning was renamed in honor of retired Lt. Gen. Hal Moore and his wife, Julia, in recognition of the military family’s service to the Army. (Army)

The Army crossed the halfway mark in the final phase of shedding its Confederate base names when Georgia’s Fort Benning was rechristened Fort Moore on Thursday.

The ceremony, which removed the name of a pro-slavery secessionist firebrand, honored the late Lt. Gen. Hal Moore and his wife Julia.

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