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Special Warfare Magazine - January 2024 (PSYWAR School and Irregular Warfare Academy)

Special Warfare Magazine - January 2024 (PSYWAR School and Irregular Warfare Academy)

Fort Bragg roads and buildings

These are some of the service members whose names are found on the nation’s largest military installation: Pope Field is named after 1st Lt. Harley H. Pope on April 1, 1919. Pope and his crewman, Sgt. Walter W. Fleming, were killed Jan. 7, 1919, after their plane crashed into the Cape Fear River.  Pike Field is named for Lt. Col. Emory J. Pike, a Medal of Honor recipient who served during World War I.  Butner Road and Butner Primary are named after Maj. Gen. Henry W. Butner, a North Carolinian who served during World War I.  Gruber Road is named after Brig. Gen. Edmund L. Gruber, an artillery officer, who was an assistant commandant of the field artillery school at Camp Bragg and later commander of Camp Bragg. Gruber was a relative of “Silent Night” composer Franz Gruber and later wrote The Caissons Go Rolling Along,” which John Philip Sousa changed into what is now known as “The Army Song.”