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On 3/23/2025 10:38 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
> 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.
> 

Arguments could be made of any but Liberty is not just 
anodyne, it's a duplicate:

https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/camp-victory-n.htm

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Andrew Muzi
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