Fort Hood is to be renamed Fort Cavazos, after a pioneering Latino general. A sign marking the change went up recently — and quickly came down.
in honor of Army Gen. Richard Cavazos, a pathbreaking Hispanic officer who served as a battalion commander during the Vietnam War.Army’s first Hispanic four-star general dies in San Antonio at 88
One of the Facebook users who posted the image was Cavazos' daughter, Laura Blevins."It's happening. So surreal," she wrote.Contractors used the wrong typeface and had to take the lettering down, said Chris Haug, a Fort Hood spokesman.
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