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For nearly a century. Fort benning was established on macon road in columbus, georgia, on approximately 85 acres of land in october of 19 18th 1918. On that day the war came to a close and there was talk of closing fort denning. Many officers who had served in the American Expeditionary forces to france went before congress to testify that had our soldiers had better training they would not have suffer the casualties that they did in just 210 days of actual combat, so it was determined by congress that we would keep fort benning on a smaller scale and luckily for us, it survived. But first, go...

No other group of americans has given more in defense of this country than the United States infantry. 11 00 we have lost more eyes, more arms, more legs and more lives on the battlefield than any other group of americans. And its all because they were willing to go out and give their lives in defense of the country. Fort benning was established on macon road in columbus, georgia, on approximately 85 acres of land in october of 1918. Caroline benning, the daughter of henry lewis benning, for whom the fort was named, raised the First American flag over the camp. They knew 85 acres of land was n...