Fort Rucker to be renamed to honor Alabama man, Medal of Honor recipient Michael Novosel

Fort Rucker will be renamed after an Alabama man who earned the Medal of Honor and served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam, ABC News is reporting.

Rucker, named for Col. Edmund Rucker, a brigade commander in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, will be renamed for Michael Novosel Sr. Novosel, who lived in Enterprise, was a military aviator for more than 40 years and received the highest military honor for his service in Vietnam. He died in 2006.

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