Fort Moore in Georgia renamed to Fort Benning, honoring a WWI veteran

On Monday Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum to rename Fort Moore in Georgia as Fort Benning.

Fort Moore was originally named for Lt. Gen. Harold Gregory Moore Jr., who fought in the Vietnam War and earned the Distinguished Service Cross for Valor.

The new name honors Corporal Fred G. Benning, who fought in the U.S. Army in France in 1918 during World War I…

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