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The Rainbow Division memorial is a bronze statue, 3 metres high, and is the work of James Butler, a British artist and member of the Royal Academy in London. It represents an American soldier carrying the body of his dead comrade. It stands on the site of the Croix Rouge farm, where the battle of 25th and 26th July 1918 was fought. It pays tribute to the US 42nd Division, in particular to the 167th Infantry Regiment of Alabama.

 

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