FORT BARFOOT, Va. – The Virginia National Guard’s Fort Pickett was officially redesignated Fort Barfoot in honor of Col. Van T. Barfoot, a World War II Medal of Honor recipient with extensive ...

Barfoot enlisted in the Army in 1940 and later earned his Medal of Honor through heroic actions during an assault in Italy in May 1944. At the time a technical sergeant, equivalent to a sergeant ...

Serving in the 45th Infantry Division during World War II, Colonel Barfoot, then a technical sergeant, took part in the Battle of Anzio in Italy.On May 23, 1944, he single-handedly silenced three ...

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Barfoot's children attended Friday's ceremony, along with representatives from Virginia-based Native American tribes and the Choctaw Nation — the tribe that his maternal grandmother was a member of.

The army redesignated it to "Fort Barfoot" in honor of Col. Van T. Barfoot, a World War II Medal of Honor recipient with extensive Virginia ties. To stream 13News Now on your phone, you need the ...