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

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

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

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

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

50TH ANNIVERSARY THE AMERICAN LEGION 1919-1969

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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 ...