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SEE ALSO-OSMOND KELLY INGRAM MEDAL OF HONOR MEMORIAL BACK

SEE ALSO-OSMOND KELLY INGRAM MEDAL OF HONOR MEMORIAL FRONT

DEDICATED TO THE BRAVE MEN OF THE 167TH INFANTRY WHO FOUGHT TO PRESERVE OUR FREEDOM ON MAY 10, 1919 SOON AFTER ITS COMPLETION, THIS 21ST STREET VIADUCT WAR NAMED THE RAINBOW VIADUCT IN TRIBUTE TO ALABAMA'S FAMOUS 167TH INFANTRY OF THE RAINBOW DIVISION, R ...

SEE ALSO-THE RAINBOW VIADUCT WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE A

SEE ALSO-THE RAINBOW VIADUCT WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE B SIDE

SEE ALSO-THE RAINBOW VIADUCT WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE B

SEE ALSO-JULIUS ELLSBERRY MEMORIAL PARK

JULIUS ELLSBERRY WAS ON BOARD THE BATTLE SHIP USS OKLAHOMA WHEN IT WAS DESTROYED BY THE JAPANESE AT PEARL HARBOR ON DECEMBER 7, 1941. HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY TO DIE IN WORLD WAR II. SEE ALSO-JULIUS ELLSBERRY MEMORIAL PARK PLAQUE

IN DEDICATION TO JULIUS ELLSBERRY, THE FIRST BLACK ALABAMA MAN TO DIE IN WORLD WAR II. BORN BIRMINGHAM, ALA 1922 ENLISTED IN THE U.S. NAVY 1940; ATTENDANT ABOARD BATTLESHIP OKLAHOMA IN THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR, DID SACRIFICE HIS LIFE TO SAVE HIS SHIPMAT ...