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Nominations Are Coming in to Rename Military Bases Named After Confederate Generals

6/26/2015

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I guess the idea of renaming military bases has started a small debate. I usually write a humorous blog, and lately I have been posting chapters from my work in progress, a crime novel, The Register Cliff Rapist. I'm not sure why I felt compelled to post about this subject. The Pentagon said on Wednesday there is "no discussion" on renaming U.S. military bases honoring Confederate officers. I'm not sure if “we” includes you and me. I guess “we” aren't having this discussion. I'm sure the Pentagon has labeled me a left-leaning liberal. I hope not. I think I'm to old for the Army to activate my hip pocket orders from the Ready Reserves – I turn 69 on June 29. If the Pentagon should call you and ask, “we” aren't “discussing” changing the names of bases: we're having a dialogue, reading postings and commenting – no discussions. Is Freedom of Speech still a right? I mean no disrepect to those great slave owner generals who rebelled against the United States. I'm sure they meant well.

I have given some thought on new names for the bases named after Confederate generals:

1. Fort Lee in Virginia is home to the Quartermaster Corps. An obvious choice would be to name it Ulysses S. Grant. Another alternative would be to name it after Nathanael Greene, a Quartermaster General from the American Revolution.

2. Fort Hood in Texas is home to the 1st Cavalry Division and the 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized). I think we could name it after General George S. Patton, Jr.

3. Fort Gordon in Georgia is the home of the Signal Corps. An obvious choice is Paul Revere of 'one if by land and two if by sea fame'.

4. Fort Bragg in North Carolina is where the 82d Airborne Division is stationed. I recommend changing the name to Matthew B. Ridgway from WWII fame. He was a former commander.

5. Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia is now the home for the Training and Maneuver Center. I would like to see this post named after Molly Pitcher (real name Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley), a revolutionary War heroine or Catherine Kate Barry – “Heroine of the Battle of Cowpens”.

6. Fort Rucker in Alabama is the home of Army Aviation. We could name it after Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. was the first African-American general officer in the US Air Force. During World War II, Davis was commander of the 99th Fighter Squadron and 332nd Fighter Group as part of the Army Aviation Corps. We could also name it aftet his father, Benjamin O. Davis, Sr., the first African-American general in the US Army.

For the rest of the bases, (Camp Beauregard and Fort Polk in LA., Fort Benning in Ga., and Fort Pickett in VA.) ther are many options such as Omar Bradley, Mark W. Clark, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur, and George Marshall. Take your pick.

Any other ideas?


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