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The Army didn’t have a photo of the ‘new’ Benning, so we found this one

Matt White
02 April 2025
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The United States Army recently renamed Fort Moore, Georgia, after former US Army Corporal Fred Benning, a decorated WWI veteran. Fred later became a Nebraska mayor and shot someone during a council meeting.
READ: The Army didn’t have a photo of the ‘new’ Benning, so we found this one

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