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Names of friends and americans who did not come home. i have friends whose names are on that wall. people, kids that i grew up with, and people that i served with. and from that perspective, it was powerful. the opportunity for he and i to be here is just, i think, very important, and it really pays tribute to what we are here for. reporter: republican congressman jim baird from indiana and democratic congressman mike thompson from california both served in vietnam, but only just realized all they have in common. we are both at ft. benning in georgia, both married to nurses and we are both wounded in vietnam. and as jim pointed out, we are here to work together for the american people and maybe that will help us get there. reporter: former republican congressman john james of michigan and democratic congressman pat ryan of new york, congress is a college reunion. you guys were in the same class at west point? yeah, f1, go firehouse. we lived across the hall from each othe ....
ATLANTA – Fort Benning officially became Fort Moore Thursday during a dedication ceremony at “the home of the infantry” south of Columbus. Political and business leaders from the Chattahoochee Valley ....
In a departure from the usual naming of Army forts in honor of one military legend, it will now be named for two: Fort Moore will honor both Hal Moore and his wife Julia. ....
[screaming and yelling]. oh, my god! tucker: there s no point to that. nobody s benning. what you re seeing instead is civilization unraveling. unrestrained violence and destruction effectively unchallenged by government authorities. the mindless breaking of things. the rage of stupid children. if you let that continue, there will be nothing left standing. most people don t need to be told that. it s so obvious. it s intuitive. ....
The naming commission was created back in late 2020 and began its work shortly after that, but it first looked at different names for military bases. then it looked at the academies and that s what brought us here to a list of these 13 things that have to be changed or have recommendations to change at west point. in the letter, the superintendent of west point said they would begin work on these and there s a committee set up to find replacement names and do this. there s a port rate of robert e. lee that will be removed, a quote from him, again, building names as well as street names. all of that will be part of this process to remove anything that commemorates or memorializes the confederacy at west point. it s not just west point. we re seeing the military change the names of bases. fort bragg will become fort liberty. benning will become moore. they re working there you this to make sure it doesn t commemorate the confederacy in some way because of the ....