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TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOR OF THOSE OF LAUDERDALE COUNTY WHO PATRIOTICALLY ANSWERED THE CALL OF OUR COUNTRY TO UPHOLD JUSTICE AND THE RIGHTS OF HUMANITY AND IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO THEREIN MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE.

THIS STATUE IS KNOW AS "THE SPIRIT OF THE AMERICAN DOUGHBOY," DESIGNED TO HONOR THE VETERANS AND CASUALTIES OF WORLD WAR I. MASS PRODUCED DURING THE 1920'S AND 1930'S FOR COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. ITS TITLE IS OFTEN SHORTENED TO "THE DOUGH ...

IN REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED OR SERVE THIS GREAT COUNTRY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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COL. HALL WAS THE COMMANDER OF THE IOWA 11TH INFANTRY REGIMENT AND WAS IN BATTLES AT SHILOH, CORINTH AND LATER AT ATLANTA. HE WAS THE COMMANDER OF "CROCKER'S IOWA BRIGADE" DURING THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN.

COL. WOODS WAS THE COMMANDER OF THE IOWA 12TH INFANTRY REGIMENT. HE AND HIS REGIMENT WERE IN ACTION AT FT. DONELSON AND THE HORNET'S NEST AT SHILOH.