Move to restore old Army base names highlights Nebraska man's heroics at 18 in World War I
Fred Benning, a Nebraska native awarded the military's second-highest honor for his battlefield courage as an 18-year-old ...
Trump’s move to restore old Army base names highlights Nebraska man’s heroics at 18 in World War I
Fort Benning’s name honored a Confederate general who supported slavery for more than a century. The military changed the ...
Georgia fort renaming gives nod to Nebraska native
This time, the Trump Administration said it’s in honor of Neligh, Nebraska native Cpl. Fred Benning, who served in France during WWI. He was a recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross, the ...
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The Army didn’t have a photo of the ‘new’ Benning, so we found this one
We asked the Army for a photo of the soldier for whom Fort Benning, Georgia, is now named ... display in the hallway of the town hall in Neligh, Nebraska, a farming town about two hours west ...
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Trump's move to restore old Army base names highlights Nebraska man's heroics at 18 in World War I
Fred Benning settled in Neligh, Nebraska, and married in 1926 ... Associated Press Writers Russ Bynum in Savannah, Georgia, and Lolita Baldor, in Washington, D.C., contributed reporting.