Daughter of Maine War Hero Surprised by Their Selection as Fort Bragg’s New Namesake
The country’s biggest military base was abruptly renamed for a Maine hero of World War II on Monday. His daughter didn’t hear the news until a Bangor Daily News reporter called her the next morning. “This blows my mind,” said Diane Watts of Levant. Her father, Army Pfc. Roland L. Bragg, is the new namesake of Fort Bragg in North Carolina after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the change….
