Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday announced that the Army was reverting Georgia's Fort Moore back to Fort Benning, but this time to honor an American hero during WWI instead of a Confederate.

The move is part of the new Trump administration's efforts to reverse some decisions by the Biden administration. The previous administration renamed nine military bases that were named after Confederates, including Benning and North Carolina's Fort Bragg, which was renamed Fort Liberty, until Hegseth reversed the order.

Hegseth said the new Fort Benning will be named after Cpl. Fred G. Benning, who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his "extraordinary heroism" in France in 1918. 

"This change underscores the installation's storied history of service to the United States of America, honors the warfighter ethos, and recognizes the heroes who have trained at the installation for decades and will continue to train on its storied ranges," Hegseth said in a statement reported by Fox News. 

The fort was previously named after Confederate Gen. Henry L. Benning, who opposed abolishing slavery.

The Biden administration later named Fort Moore, after Vietnam war hero Hal Moore, who received the Distinguished Service Cross for valor and fought in the Battle of Ia Drang. It was also named after his wife Julia Moore, over her achievement in changing how families are notified that their loved ones died in battle, per the Associated Press.

Moore's son former Army officer David Moore said he received word of the name change before it was announced, and was saddened by the decision.

“It’s the idea of their combined service to the Army, service to the community, and service to the nation, and the fact that Secretary of Defense Hegseth actively chose to look at that and reject that,” David Moore told CNN. “We’re just deeply saddened."

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