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English: The Rock of the Marne Monument at Billings Park in downtown Syracuse, New York, as seen on a December 2021 afternoon. Sculpted by noted artist Roland Hinton Perry, the monument depicts a World War I "doughboy" in combat garb - including trench helmet and gas mask, symbolic of the newly emerging horrors of modern warfare - and was "presented to the city of Syracuse" in 1920 "through personal contributions of the enlisted men of the Thirty Eighth Infantry, United States Army as a tribute to the heroes among their number who made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War and in grateful recognition of the esteem in which they held the citizens of this city who graciously extended hospitality to them during their organization and training at Camp Syracuse". The plaque on the pedestal goes on to quote General John "Black Jack" Pershing regarding the men's heroic exploits at the Second Battle of the Marne: "a single regiment of the Third Division wrote one of the most brilliant pages in the annals of military history in preventing the crossing at certain points on its front, while on either flank, the Germans, who had gained a footing, pressed forward. Our men were firing in three directions, met the German attack with counter-attacks at critical points, and succeeded in throwing two German divisions into complete confusion, capturing 600 prisoners".