The Pentagon announced Monday it would restore Fort Liberty's original name of Fort Bragg, but would honor a different Bragg ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memo that orders the Army to rename Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg, this time in honor of a different soldier.

The army base was earlier named after Braxton Bragg, a Confederate general. The Pentagon said the name will now honor Roland L. Bragg, a soldier who was decorated for his service during World War II.

Benning, a racist judge and Confederate brigadier ... home to both the Army’s XVIII Airborne Corps and Special Forces Command. The fort, which was first a camp, was named after Braxton Bragg, a slave ...

After decades of discrimination, Vernon Baker was finally recognized for his heroism during an assault on a German stronghold ...

Still, he decided to give it a try, and after 13 weeks of training at then-Fort Benning, Georgia ... he trained as a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division and spent time in the 11th Airborne ...

Commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant at the Infantry Officer's Candidate School at Fort Benning, GA in 1946 ... he served in the 11th Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Ky., in Korea in the 2d Infantry ...