Key sculpted figure due at D-Day Memorial
In Bedford.
The Associated Press
WFLS News
Date published: 10/14/2008
BEDFORD, Va. (AP) - A key monumental figure is headed to the
National D-Day Memorial in Bedford.
The bronze piece depicts a medic with an infantryman, both of
whom are under fire. It is scheduled to be installed Wednesday on
Elmon T. Gray Plaza, the sculpture display area.
The work is by sculptor Jim Brothers. The Lawrence, Kan., artist
has also finished all the portrait busts of Gen. Dwight
Eisenhower's Supreme Command staff, as well as a monument of
Eisenhower.
The medic sculpture and other statuary will be dedicated on
Veterans Day, Nov. 11.
The memorial opened in June 2001. It honors American and Allied
forces who took part in the World War II invasion of Nazi-occupied
France on June 6, 1944.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Date published: 10/14/2008
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