COLONEL RAYNAL C. BOLLING WAR MEMORIAL DEDICATION STONE
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Statues of High Ranking Military Officers
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR I
Photograph By: MICHAEL HERRICK
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
RAYNAL C. BOLLING BORN SEPTEMBER 1, 1877 FORESAW HIS NATION’S CALL TO ARMS AND LEFT A BRILLIANT CAREER TO PREPARE HIMSELF FOR SERVICE IN THE WORLD WAR. COLONEL OF AVIATION AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES HE LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR OUR AERIAL WARFARE IN FRANCE. HE FELL IN ACTION NEAR AMIENS MARCH 26, 1918 IN THE VANGUARD OF THE THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS WHO GAVE ALL FOR THEIR COUNTRY.
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