Fort Novosel, formerly known as Fort Rucker, was a product of World War II. During World War II ... for the creation of new training camps and military bases, including then-Camp Rucker, named ...

Fort Liberty was formally renamed ... The choice of the World War II private first class got around a law prohibiting the military from naming a base after a Confederate leader.

A shouting-and-shoving match between white military policemen and black ... Battalion was the first unit from Fort Bragg to go overseas in World War II, among the first of any Army units.