Roland L. Bragg
Roland Leon Bragg (June 11, 1923 – January 12, 1999) was an American Army paratrooper during World War II. Bragg was awarded the Silver Star, the United States Army's third-highest military decoration for valor in combat, for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action." In 2025 the long-time name of Fort Bragg was restored as an eponym of Roland Bragg, two years after it had been renamed to Fort Liberty to avoid ties with Confederate general and slave owner Braxton Bragg. == Early life and family == Bragg was born in 1923 in Sabattus, Maine, the son of Calvin Leroy Bragg and Ella Stevenson Bragg.