Fort Lee renamed to honor Black Army trailblazers.

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Fort Lee renamed to honor Black Army trailblazers.
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The US Army has renamed Virginia's Fort Lee military base as Fort Gregg-Adams in honor of two Black service members, Lt. Gen. Arthur Gregg and Lt. Col. Charity Adams, following a push to rename bases named after Confederate leaders. Gregg helped desegregate the Army and will be the only living person in modern Army history to have an installation named after him. Adams served as the first Black officer in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and led the first all-Black WAC unit to serve overseas in Europe during World War II.

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