Bragg, Fort Liberty
Ceremony held to rechristen Fort Bragg in honor of WWII paratrooper
Fort Liberty, the nation’s largest Army installation, officially reverted to its former name, Fort Bragg, on Friday. The renaming ceremony marked the end of Fort Liberty’s brief existence, restoring the name to honor a different Bragg.
Pfc. Roland Bragg served as a paratrooper in the 17th Airborne Division that fought in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge ...
The short-lived existence of Fort Liberty came to an end Friday. Fort Bragg is officially known as Fort Bragg again.
Roland Bragg, the namesake for Fort Liberty changing back to Fort Bragg, NC, was a 21-year-old paratrooper from Maine fighting in the Battle of the Bulge when he stole a Nazi ambulance, loaded four ...
World War II Pfc. Roland L. Bragg lived in Maine until his 1999 death and is remembered as a hero. He replaces the fort's original namesake, Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg. During the Battle ...
Braxton Bragg, the post was stripped of the name in ... Bragg, a World War II paratrooper and Silver Star recipient from Maine. “That’s right,” Hegseth said, thrusting the document ordering ...
Originally named for Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg, now the post's name will be dedicated to Sokoll's late father, a native of Webster, Maine, who served in World War II from July 1943 to ...
World War II Pfc. Roland L. Bragg lived in Maine until his 1999 death and is remembered as a hero. He replaces the fort's original namesake, Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg. During the Battle ...
Born in Sabatus, Maine, on June 11 ... Fort Liberty was previously named after Braxton Bragg, a slave owner and Confederate army general who famously lost many battles during the Civil War.
He was a hardworking man who lived a quiet life, and there are no markers or monuments honoring him in Nobleboro, Maine, where he is buried under an unassuming headstone. Gen. Braxton Bragg ...
Less than two years after the Army officially changed Fort Bragg – then named for Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg – to Fort ...
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