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WHILE SERVING AS A MACHINE GUNNER WITH THE FIRST MARINE DIVISION IN KOREA HOSTILE FORCES ATTACKED HIS POSITION IN BATTALION STRENGTH DURING THE NIGHT. MCLAUGHLIN MAINTAINED A CONSTANT FLOW OF DEVASTATING FIRE UPON THE ENEMY. ACCOUNTING FOR AN ESTIMATED ON ...

ON A B-17 MISSION OVER EUROPE LAWLEY'S SHIP WAS HIT BY ENEMY FIRE AND TWO CREWMEN SERIOUSLY WOUNDED WHO COULD NOT BAIL OUT. 1ST LT. LAWLEY TOOK CONTROL OF THE SHIP AND MADE A SUCCESSFUL CRASH LANDING ON A SMALL FIGHTER BASE.

HE GRABBED A FAULTY BURNING PHOSPHORESCENT BOMB THAT EXPLODED IN HIS B-29 AND WITH HIS BARE HANDS TOSSED IT OUT THE PILOTS WINDOW AND SAVED THE LIVES OF HIS COMRADES ALTHOUGH COMPLETELY ON FIRE HIMSELF.

SEE ALSO-STAFF SERGEANT HENRY E. ERWIN MEMORIAL PLAQUE*FIRST LIEUTENANT WILLIAM R. LAWLEY JR. MEMORIAL PLAQUE*PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ALFORD L. MCLAUGHLIN MEMORIAL PLAQUE

INTO VIETNAM WENT BRAVE AND PATRIOTIC MEN AND WOMEN. THEIR MOTIVATION WAS NOT GREED, WAS NOT POWER, WAS NOT HEROISM. RATHER IT WA LOVE OF COUNTRY, LOVE OF FAMILY AND THE BELIEF THAT EVERYONE SHOULD BE FREE.

POW-MIA YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN. HONORING ALL THOSE WHO RETURNED AND THOSE LEFT BEHIND.

50TH ANNIVERSARY THE AMERICAN LEGION 1919-1969

DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO SERVED*FREEDOM IS NEVER FREE*OPERATION DESERT SHIELD*OPERATION DESERT STORM

SEE ALSO-ETOWAH COUNTY WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUES I, II, III, IV, V, VII, & VIII

DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE DALE COUNTY VETERANS WHO DIED IN DEFENSE OF OUR COUNTRY.

SEE ALSO-CHAMBERS COUNTY WAR MEMORIAL SIDES B, C, & D

FRYAR FIELD NAMED IN HONOR OF PVT. ELMER E. FRYAR, CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR, 511TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT, UNITED STATES ARMY

ONE OF ONLY 141 AMERICAN SERVICE MEN TO RECEIVE THE MEDAL OF HONOR DURING THE VIETNAM WAR, U.S. ARMY, SP4. DON LESLIE MICHAEL RECEIVED HIS AWARD POSTHUMOUSLY.

ALABAMA'S OWN CPL. SIDNEY E. MANNING, WORLD WAR I MEDAL OF HONOR, ONE OF GEN. PERSHING'S IMMORTAL TEN.