Spirit of the American Doughboy

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A postcard depicts Ernest M. Viquesney's sculpture, Spirit of the American Doughboy, which stands in downtown Waycross. Viquesney produced more than 150 of these statues for towns across Georgia between 1921 and 1943.

Courtesy of Todd Womack

Spirit of the American Doughboy

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