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Fort Liberty Renamed Back to Fort Bragg, Honoring WWII Hero Roland Bragg

Fort Bragg will be renamed back from Fort Liberty to honor Pfc. Roland L. Bragg, who served in World War II and earned a Silver Star and Purple Heart.
Hegseth stated that the renaming honors the personal courage and selfless service of all those who have trained to fight and win our nation's wars.
The name change will incur costs, potentially affecting North Carolina taxpayers.
The decision circumvents a 2020 law against naming military assets after Confederates.

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The renaming of Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg raising questions to residents in the CSRA for Fort Eisenhower

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) - Two years after nine different military installations were renamed to remove Confederate names, one base is changing its name back. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Fort Liberty changed its name to Fort Bragg. That announcement about the renaming of Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg came this week. And it's got people in our area wondering whether Fort Eisenhower's name could be changed again. Fort Bragg was originally named …

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Conservative Firing Line

Hegseth Is Giving Fort Bragg Its Name Back… With An Upgrade ⋆ Conservative Firing Line

The following article, Hegseth Is Giving Fort Bragg Its Name Back… With An Upgrade , was first published on Conservative Firing Line. Race baiters will want to read the fine print on this one before they embarrass themselves. Without asking the troops how they felt about it, Joe Biden threw the activists in his party a bone by scrubbing the names of some ‘problematic’ military bases. A simplistic reading of history reduces the question to Confed…

Daughter of WWII veteran Roland Bragg reacts to Fort Liberty name change: 'Very proud of my father'

By Akilah Davis Click here for updates on this story FORT LIBERTY, N.C. (WTVD) — When Debra Sokoll first heard Fort Liberty would be renamed after her father, Pfc. Roland Bragg, she didn’t believe it. “Jennifer called me up the other night from Florida. That’s his granddaughter. She said ‘Mama, they want to honor Grandpa’. That’s when I said,’ Oh, I think it’s a hoax.’ She said, ‘I don’t know Mama, that’s what they told me on the phone.'” So…

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Slate

Pete Hegseth Just Did the Funniest Thing Imaginable

It’s Fort Bragg again. So why are Confederate heritage groups so mad?

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scdailygazette.com

Pentagon moves to restore Fort Bragg name to North Carolina’s Fort Liberty • SC Daily Gazette

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signs a memorandum to rename Fort Liberty, N.C., to Fort Roland L. Bragg, while aboard a military aircraft en route to Germany, Feb. 10, 2025. (Photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza, DOD)Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has approved reverting the name of military base Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg. Hegseth approved a memorandum Monday to change the name, but with a different namesake. Located just…

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American Military News

Daughter of Maine war hero shocked that he is Fort Bragg's new namesake

The country’s biggest military base was abruptly renamed for a Maine hero of World War II on Monday. His daughter didn’t hear the news until a Bangor Daily News reporter called her the next morning. “This blows my mind,” said Diane Watts of Levant. Her father, Army Pfc. Roland L. Bragg, is the new namesake of Fort Bragg in North Carolina after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the change. It was named for Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg from…

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