Fred Benning, a Nebraska native awarded the military's second-highest honor for his battlefield courage as an 18-year-old ...

Cpl. Fred Benning was a World War I hero who became a baker, a successful businessman, and the mayor of Neligh, Nebraska.

Fort Moore in Georgia is going back to being named Fort Benning. This time, the Trump Administration said it’s in honor of Neligh, Nebraska native Cpl. Fred Benning, who served in France during WWI.

Fort Benning’s name honored a Confederate general who supported slavery for more than a century. The military changed the ...

Fred Benning settled in Neligh, Nebraska, and married in 1926 ... Associated Press Writers Russ Bynum in Savannah, Georgia, and Lolita Baldor, in Washington, D.C., contributed reporting.

Fred Benning settled in Neligh, Nebraska, and married in 1926 ... Associated Press Writers Russ Bynum in Savannah, Georgia, and Lolita Baldor, in Washington, D.C., contributed reporting.