Fort Benning reclaims its old name to honor WWI hero Corporal Fred G. Benning instead of a Confederate general.

Georgia's Fort Benning, formerly Fort Moore, had its renaming ceremony Wednesday. Three generations of descendants of Fred Benning, who the base now honors, participated.

Just weeks before World War I ended, the U.S. military established Fort Benning near Columbus. The first soldiers arrived there on Oct. 6, 1918. Later that month, officials held a ceremony for ...

FORT BENNING (AP) — The Army has restored the name Fort Benning to its storied training post in Georgia, only this time to honor an 18-year-old corporal who fought in World War I rather than a ...

In a press release from the the Maneuver Center of Excellence and the Fort Benning Public Affairs Office, the soldiers who died were identified as 2nd Lt. Evan Fitzgibbon and Staff Sgt.