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The U.S. Army's Fort Benning has been renamed Fort Moore in honor of Hal Moore, the commander of American troops in the 1965 battle of Ia Drang Valley, and his wife Julie Moore, who fought to change the way the military notified families of the dead. Julie Moore is now the first Army spouse to have a base named after her.
The Army has renamed five of its nine bases named after men who fought against its own soldiers during the Civil War, with four more awaiting their ceremonies. The latest renaming ceremony saw Georgia's Fort Benning renamed Fort Moore in honor of retired Lt. Gen. Hal Moore and his wife Julia, who rose to prominence after Moore commanded the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry in Vietnam during the 1965 Battle of Ia Drang. The Moores are buried at the post, surrounded by the 7th Cav soldiers who died at Landing Zone X-Ray.
The U.S. Army training base Fort Benning in Georgia has been renamed Fort Moore in honor of Lt. Gen. Harold “Hal” Moore and his wife, Julia “Julie” Moore, as part of a larger effort by the military to remove associations with the Confederacy. Harold Moore commanded the 7th Cavalry Regiment stationed at the base during the Vietnam War, while his wife served as an advocate for military families. The base’s redesignation comes after Fort Hood was renamed Fort Cavazos on Tuesday and Fort Lee was renamed Fort Gregg-Adams last month to similarly remove associations with their original Confederate namesakes.
The US Army has renamed Georgia's Fort Benning to Fort Moore, in honor of late Lt. Gen. Hal Moore, a decorated Vietnam War commander. The base was previously named after Confederate Brigadier Gen. Henry L. Benning, who was an outspoken anti-Lincoln secessionist. The name change is part of a broader effort by the US military to confront racial injustice. Other bases around the country, including Fort Pickett, Fort Hood, and Fort Bragg, have either recently been renamed or are scheduled to be in the near future.
The U.S. Army training base formerly known as Fort Benning was renamed Fort Moore to honor a late lieutenant general and his wife and remove ties to a Confederate general. The renaming of Fort Benning is part of a national campaign to change the names of nine U.S. Army installations, as recommended by the Naming Commission's panel to erase symbols that commemorate the Confederate States of America.
Fort Benning in Georgia has been renamed Fort Moore in honor of Lt. Gen. Hal Moore and his wife Julia Moore, who were influential in the Army. Lt. Gen. Moore is known for commanding the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, in the Battle of Ia Drang Valley in 1965, and for his work in establishing equal opportunity policies in the Army. The renaming is part of the Pentagon's effort to remove names honoring Confederates who fought against the U.S. in the Civil War.