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Near Vienna in Dooly County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

The Luther Story Bridge

 
 
The Luther Story Bridge Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by David Seibert, January 15, 2012
1. The Luther Story Bridge Marker
The west face of the marker
Inscription. The Luther Story Bridge honoring Luther Story and other veterans from Sumter County and the following named veterans from Dooly County, all of whom gave their lives in World War II or the Korean War:

Blue, John Augusta
Brown, Bonny
Bryant, Walter L.
Culberth, George W.
Dennard, Henry L.
Ellison, E. Boyd
Everett, James M.
Folds, Charles W.
Gazaway, Glenn G.
George, Marcus
Godfrey, Edgar R.
Goodroe, Leonard B.
Grantham, Audry
Greene, Burwell
Hambrick, William J.
Hardegree, Thomas
Horne, John H.
Johnson, James Alvin
Kent, Billy Frank
Kidd, J.D.
Kimsey, Melvin
Lewis, Kirby R.
Lockerman, Colon A.
McDowell, Ralph
Nutt, James
Pollock, Paul
Rogers, John L.
Sangster, Robert H., Jr.
Scarborough, John F.
Shivers, William E.
Shurley, Harold E.
Speight, Amory C., Jr.
Taggart, John L.
Tharpe, James R.
Thompson, Daniel E., Jr.
Thompson, Curtis
Tucker, Alfred
Welch, William Albert
Wesley, Bryant V.
Wilkes, John R.
Wilkes, Olin H.
Woodward, Lamar F.
Wright, Charles L.

Colored

Gyden, Derry, Jr.
Lilly, Evans
McKenzie Hubert
McKenzie, Lucious
 
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memorial is listed in these topic lists: Bridges & ViaductsWar, KoreanWar, World II.
 
Location. 32° 3.553′ N, 83° 58.496′ W. Memorial is near Vienna, Georgia, in Dooly County. It is on Georgia Route 27 0 miles west of Drayton Loop, on the left when traveling west. The marker is at the west end of the Luther Story Bridge on Georgia Highway 26 across the Flint River. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Vienna GA 31092, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Georgia’s Piedmont. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named The Luther Story Bridge (approx. Ό mile away); Georgia Veterans Memorial State Park (approx. 7.3 miles away); Camp Safety Patrol (approx. 7.3 miles away); First Solar Battery Installation (approx. 7½ miles away); Spanish-Indian Battle (approx. 7.8 miles away); Russian 85mm Divisional Gun D-44 (approx. 7.8 miles away); Russian 120mm Mortar M-843 (approx. 7.8 miles away); 37mm Antitank Gun M3 (approx. 7.8 miles away).
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. The William Adkins’ Live Oak Tree (was approx. 6.2 miles away but has been confirmed
The Luther Story Bridge Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by David Seibert, January 15, 2012
2. The Luther Story Bridge Marker
The east face of the marker
missing).
 
Also see . . .  Luther H. Story. Wikipedia profile. (Submitted on March 10, 2012, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia.) 
 
Additional keywords. Medal of Honor
 
The Luther Story Bridge Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by David Seibert, January 15, 2012
3. The Luther Story Bridge Marker
The Luther Story Bridge Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by David Seibert, January 15, 2012
4. The Luther Story Bridge Marker
Looking east on Georgia Highway 26 from the Luther Story Bridge
PFC Luther H. Story image. Click for full size.
From www.lutherstory.com
5. PFC Luther H. Story
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 14, 2018. It was originally submitted on March 9, 2012, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 1,239 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on March 9, 2012, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
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