One of the country’s largest military bases has a new name, with Fort Hood now being officially called Fort Cavazos. The base was commissioned in the 1940s, and John Bell Hood had been Commander of the Confederate Texas Brigade during the Civil War.
The Texas base, the third largest in the US, is now named after Gen. Richard Edward Cavazos, the first Hispanic American four-star general and brigadier general, according to a statement from the Army . Both baseball legend Jackie Robinson and music star Elvis Presely went through Fort Hood. Cavazos served in Korea as platoon leader of E Company, 2nd Batillion, 65th Infantry Regiment, where many of the soldiers were from Puerto Rico and only spoke Spanish. Cavazos also served in Vietnam as a lieutenant colonel.
The name change took place on May 9 and is one of 10 US Army instillations being renamed based on recommendations from the […]
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I am surprised they didn’t rename it Fort Santa Anna.