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doctom54
04-02-2018, 21:01
My Grandfather was a Doughboy. Fought in the Great War was gassed and survived until 1953 (or I wouldn't be here)

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/878/27325682828_6c80b85c2d.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HCFguy)EdUSA3 (https://flic.kr/p/HCFguy) by doctom54 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96172929@N00/)

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/888/26326610507_2827004d2f.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/G7oL6H)EdUSA2 (https://flic.kr/p/G7oL6H) by doctom54 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96172929@N00/)

It clearly look like he had a 1917 Enfield while at was probably Camp Pike Arkansas.

This is a statue dedicated to those men in Basin Park, in Eureka Springs Arkansas.

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/883/39389798170_e1a76fb0a2.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/231K1Fd)IMG_0530 (https://flic.kr/p/231K1Fd) by doctom54 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96172929@N00/)

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/800/39389811330_019d758feb.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/231K5A7)IMG_0531 (https://flic.kr/p/231K5A7) by doctom54 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96172929@N00/)

Looks like the artist used an SMLE for the statute.