Fort Hood in Central Texas will be renamed this spring after a Texas-born hero of the Korean and Vietnam wars who was the first Hispanic to reach the rank of four-star general in the U.S. Army.
Beginning May 9, Fort Hood will be known as Fort Cavazos, for Gen. Richard Edward Cavazos. Word of the fort's redesignation was announced last fall to mixed opinions, but officials didn't say then exactly when the name change would go into effect only that it would change by Jan. 1, 2024.
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