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Fort Benning takes back its old name, but to honor a different soldier

By CHARLOTTE KRAMON and RUSS BYNUM
Posted 4/16/25

The Army is restoring the name Fort Benning to its storied training post in Georgia, only this time to honor an 18-year-old corporal who fought in World War I rather than a Confederate general.

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