In a departure from the usual naming of Army forts in honor of one military legend, it will now be named for two: Fort Moore will honor both Hal Moore and his wife Julia.

It was 44 years ago this week, November 14, 1965, that Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore led his 450-man, 1st Battalion/7th U.S. Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) in an audacious air assault ...

It was 44 years ago this week, November 14, 1965, that Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore led his 450-man, 1st Battalion/7th U.S. Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) in an audacious air assault ...

The couple rose to prominence after Moore, then a lieutenant colonel, commanded the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry in Vietnam during the 1965 Battle of Ia Drang, the first large-scale confrontation ...

Albert “Billy” Sonnier of Elton was an infantryman assigned to Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore’s 450-man force at the Battle of Landing Zone X-Ray in South Vietnam where he later died. His heroism was ...