RED SPRINGS WAR DEAD MEMORIAL FRONT

JAMES DOUGALD MCRACKEN BUST SITS ON TOP OF THIS MEMORIAL. A MEMBER OF AN ELEVEN MAN ADVANCE PATROL SENT TO SCOUT THE TOWN OF MAYENNE AND IF POSSIBLE TO STOP THE GERMANS FROM BLOWING UP THE THREE BRIDGES ACROSS THE RIVER MAYENNE. HE WAS CUT DOWN BY GERMAN MACHINE GUN FIRE WHILE DASHING ONTO THE BRIDGE BUT WAS STILL ABLE TO CUT THE DEMOLITION WIRES ON THE EXPLOSIVES. HIS ACTIONS SAVED THE BRIDGE AND THE TOWN FROM AMERICAN SHELLING AND BOMBING. HE WAS AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS FOR THIS ACTION. THE BUST OF 90TH INFANTRY DIVISION HERO JAMES DOUGALD MCRACKEN DEPICTS HIM HOLDING A MINIATURIZED REPRESENTATION OF THE BRIDGE.
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