(7 Mar 2025)
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Fort Bragg, North Carolina – 7 March 2025
1. Wide of Bragg family unveiling Fort Bragg sign
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Lt. Gen. Gregory K. Anderson, Commanding General, Fort Bragg:
"Fort Bragg is a place where ordinary people transform into heroes. Ordinary people like Private First Class Roland L. Bragg."
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Diane Watts, Roland Bragg’s Daughter;
"I think that they looked for a man of good character, and they found my dad."
4. Tight of program with Roland Bragg in World War II uniform
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Lt. Gen. Gregory K. Anderson, Commanding General, Fort Bragg:
"In July of 1943, Bragg enlisted in the Army. And after earning his jump wings … he trained right here in the pine forests of Fort Bragg."
6. Wide of headquarters building with flags
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Rebecca Amirpour, Roland Bragg’s Granddaughter:
"I never saw my granddad wear his military uniform. He was not one to go to a Memorial Day parade or Veterans Day parade."
8. Various of Watts in audience
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Lt. Gen. Gregory K. Anderson, Commanding General, Fort Bragg:
"Fort Bragg is where soldiers transform, where the ordinary finds the extraordinary and where the call finds its answer. Where a quiet man from Maine emerges a hero. In his honor, and in the shared legacy of all who have called this place home, we answer the call. Welcome back to Bragg. May this place continue to forge heroes for our nation. Airborne, all the way."
10. Wide of Fort Bragg veteran Carl Helton talking to Bragg family
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11. SOUNDBITE (English) Carl Helton, Served at Bragg:
"Oh, I’m ecstatic. I would never call it Fort Liberty, no matter what. Because it’s so dear."
12. Tight of hat with pins
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13. SOUNDBITE (English) Carl Helton, Served at Bragg:
"Too many people died that came out of here."
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Maj. Al Woodall, Retired Green Beret:
"Ah, just like a phoenix. It’s rising from the ashes again. So, I made a point on the 7th of March, I was going to return to Fort Bragg, come back to Fort Bragg to make sure that it’s done back the way it should be."
15. Wide of people gathered around Bragg sign
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16. SOUNDBITE (English) Diane Watts, Roland Bragg’s Daughter;
"I’d like them to know that he was a very humble man, but a very honorable man. I think he would be very, very honored."
17. Wide of new sign
STORYLINE:
The short-lived existence of Fort Liberty came to an end Friday when the nation’s largest Army installation officially returned to its former name: Fort Bragg.
Christened a century ago in honor of Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg, the post in North Carolina was renamed in 2023 amid a drive to remove symbols of the Confederacy from public spaces.
But last month Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed an order reinstating the Bragg name, only this time it will honor Army Pfc. Roland L. Bragg, a World War II paratrooper and Silver Star recipient from Maine. A few hundred people — made up of active servicemen and members of the public — gathered under black and yellow tents in front of the base’s command center headquarters to watch the renaming ceremony.
“Today we honor a hero worthy of the name Bragg,” Lt. Gen. Greg Anderson said during the ceremony. “It is synonymous with excellence.”
Before his deployment, Bragg — of Nobleboro, Maine — trained at the North Carolina post, Watts said.
The name changing continues.
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