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From: Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net>
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Subject: Re: Job Offer
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2025 23:38:44 -0400
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On 3/23/2025 10:36 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
> 
> When it was changed back to Fort Bragg, it was not to honor
> Confederate general Braxton Bragg.  Instead, it was renamed in honor
> of World War II paratrooper Roland L. Bragg.
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bragg#Name_changes>
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_L._Bragg>
> "... the change to Fort Liberty was calculated to cost the Department
> of Defense $6,374,230, making it the most expensive name change."
> I couldn't find a price tag for the cost of changing it back.

I'd bet they searched for a long time to find a Bragg to stand in for 
Braxton, in a "yeah, right" manner.

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- Frank Krygowski