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Trump's move to restore old Army base names highlights Nebraska man's heroics at 18 in World War I

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Fred Benning was awarded the military's second -highest honor for his battlefield courage as an 18-year-old corporal in 1918 , near the end of World War I.

He later served as mayor of the small Nebraska town of Neligh , but it did not mention that he ran a bakery, opted to have his Distinguished Service Cross mailed to him rather than presented at a military ceremony.

Federal law now bars the military from honoring Confederates , but the move restores a name known by generations of soldiers.

Benning took command of his platoon in October 1918 after its commander was killed and led its 20 survivors through heavy fire.

At age 18 , he had been “over the top many times,” into the deadly space between opposing trenches.

In 1948 , Benning ran for mayor, won easily and was reelected without opposition two years later .

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