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sarisataka

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25. I'm sure several names on the list

Reply to WarGamer (Reply #24)

Thu Mar 17, 2022, 03:37 PM

Mar 2022

Have some skeletons in their closet as probably bases currently named after non Confederate people were less than ideal.

I could easily see his name being up for debate. In some ways he was ahead of his time treating blacks as equals when they were soldiers. But I can understand also why he was left off the list.

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Here are the possible new names for 9 Army bases that honored Confederates [View all] Ohio Joe Mar 2022 OP

All my votes for Hal Moore WarGamer Mar 2022 #1

Surprised there isn't a fort named for Alvin York already. Ray Bruns Mar 2022 #3

Patton isn't even on the list. Or York?? wow. WarGamer Mar 2022 #4

York is on the list I saw at the second link misanthrope Mar 2022 #7

I used to wonder why Ft Knox wasn't called Ft Patton. Elwood P Dowd Mar 2022 #14

Patton is... complicated sarisataka Mar 2022 #23

IMHO, it's cowardly for them to skip Patton. WarGamer Mar 2022 #24

I'm sure several names on the list sarisataka Mar 2022 #25

Then here's the right list. WarGamer Mar 2022 #26

Are you kidding me? sarisataka Mar 2022 #27

Damn... first good laugh I've had in days!! nt WarGamer Mar 2022 #28

And Patton's father fought for the Confederacy. Sneederbunk Mar 2022 #32

so? WarGamer Mar 2022 #34

Fort John Kerry? Sneederbunk Mar 2022 #36

I would support the inclusion of Joe Galloway, as well. 11 Bravo Mar 2022 #33

Yes, I'd heard that story years ago... WarGamer Mar 2022 #35

Wait DashOneBravo Mar 2022 #37

I'd name it Fort Sherman Zorro Mar 2022 #38

How about Amanda Huggnkiss Ray Bruns Mar 2022 #2

Did you mean dweller Mar 2022 #5

Where's Joshua Chamberlain Maine Abu El Banat Mar 2022 #6

Yea, really. If there is anyone who deserves a fort named for them it is he. Ray Bruns Mar 2022 #9

He should be #1, IMO.* Jack from Charlotte Mar 2022 #11

+1000 nt WarGamer Mar 2022 #21

One entry is simply named Courage misanthrope Mar 2022 #8

Yes sarisataka Mar 2022 #10

I assumed it was just the word... Ohio Joe Mar 2022 #12

"Fort Courage"? Commanded by Lt. Corporal Agarne? JHB Mar 2022 #31

Bradley, Ike, Marshall, and Tubman definitely underpants Mar 2022 #13

There's a USMC Camp Butler GP6971 Mar 2022 #15

Oh. Thanks. underpants Mar 2022 #19

Butler was a Marine sarisataka Mar 2022 #17

D'uh. My bad. underpants Mar 2022 #18

I don't support Tubman. No real army connection... Wounded Bear Mar 2022 #22

Well... Ohio Joe Mar 2022 #29

I was about to post this Sgent Mar 2022 #30

General Smedley Butler deserves to be honored. BlueTsunami2018 Mar 2022 #16

See above underpants Mar 2022 #20

Here's one when it came up before DashOneBravo Mar 2022 #39