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Because of Julia Moore, the news of a servicemember's death is now delivered in person. And she is now the first Army spouse to have a base named after her.
The Army's Fort Benning in Georgia is now Fort Moore—another in the list of military institutions taking down Confederate names and replacing them with more modern ones..
Fort Benning has been renamed Fort Moore to honor Hal Moore and his wife, Julia Moore, who convinced the Army to deliver news of fallen servicemembers in person.
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