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.
Initially named after Southern Gen. Braxton Bragg, the post was stripped of the name in 2023 amid a drive to remove symbols of the Confederacy from public spaces. The new Fort Bragg would ostensibly ...
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 ...
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 ...
Congress had pushed past President Trump’s veto to rename Fort Bragg, named for a Confederate general, in the final days of ...
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.
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 ...
Less than two years after the Army officially changed Fort Bragg – then named for Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg – to Fort ...