Castro and other Hispanic lawmakers renew call to rename Fort Hood for Roy Benavidez
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Steve Campbell /Houston Chronicle
U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro and nearly two dozen others in the Congressional Hispanic Caucus asked Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday to rename Fort Hood for Medal of Honor recipient Roy Benavidez.
A Pentagon commission was appointed in early January to look at the issue after 10 Army installations named for Confederate generals drew renewed attention during last summer’s racial justice protests and debate, reviving a dormant effort to re-brand them after less divisive war heroes.
“Latinos have fought and died in every single American war since our nation’s independence, yet too often our community’s service and sacrifice has been overlooked,” Castro, D-San Antonio, and U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego wrote in a letter to Austin that was signed by 18 other members of the Hispanic Caucus.