Along the path in the memorial park, at the top of the rise. Statue A fourteen foot tall bronze statue on a white stone base.  The original sculpture, sculpted by Leah Heibert in 1960 and 1961, and using Sergeant Major James Runyon as a model, is at Fort Benning and depicts a World War II era Airborne trooper with a Thompson submachine gun.  This copy was unveiled on 7 June 1997.

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EN HOMMAGE AUX COMBATTANTS

DES TROUPES AEROPORTEES AMERICAINES

DU JOUR "J"

6 JUIN 1944     7 JUIN 1997

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A GREATFUL TRIBUTE

TO AMERICAN AIRBORNE SOLDIERS

OF "D-DAY"

6 JUNE 1944    7 JUNE 1997