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The crew of a 37 mm gun M3 anti-tank gun, in training at Fort Benning, Georgia, April 1942. During World War II Fort Benning had 197,159 acres (79,787 ha) with billeting space for 3,970 officers and 94,873 enlisted persons. Among many other units, Fort Benning was the home of the 555th Parachute Infantry Company, whose training began in ...
It participated in World War II, the Korean War and, more recently, deployed to Afghanistan. The hospital was involved in relief operations following Hurricane Katrina. The unit currently falls under the command of the 44th Medical Brigade and is based at Fort Moore (formerly Fort Benning), GA, and relocating to Fort Stewart, GA during FY 2020.
Fort Benning (1917), near Columbus, Georgia, named for Confederate General Henry L. Benning, was redesignated Fort Moore on 11 May 2023 in honor of General Hal Moore and his wife Julia Compton Moore [13] Fort Bragg (1918), in North Carolina, named for Confederate General Braxton Bragg, was redesignated Fort Liberty on 2 June 2023 in honor of ...
The new name honors Lt. Gen. Hal Moore and his wife, Julia. Moore’s three-decade military career was highlighted by his heroism as commander at the Battle of Ia Drang during the Vietnam War.
In May, the commission recommended that Fort Benning be renamed after Hal and Julie Moore. Here’s the latest. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...
Fort Benning, Georgia, 12 November 1945; Verdun, France, 24 March 1962; Reorganized and redesignated as 1st Medical Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas, 6 June 2000; 30th Medical Group [158] Fort Benning Georgia, 6 June 1949; Reorganized and redesignated as 30th Medical Brigade 17 June 1993; 31st Medical Group [116] 39th Medical Group
Patton Golf Course, an 18-hole regulation length public golf course at the Fort Benning Golf Club, Fort Benning, Georgia. [26] General George S Patton Park Recreation Center, a 93-acre park in Detroit, Michigan, dedicated in the early 1950s. [27] [28] [29] Patton Range, a rifle and machine gun firing range at Fort Benning, Georgia [30]
In August 1931, the Army named the airfield in honor of Capt. Walter R. Lawson, a Georgia native who had been killed in the crash of a Martin MB-2 at McCook Field, Ohio on 21 April 1923. Lawson served with the 41st French Escadrille during World War I , had one victory, and received the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism in action.