After completing basic training, John Indergand arrived in Normandy, France, in July 1944, several weeks after Allied forces invaded German-occupied France on June 6 in a massive assault known as D-Day.
The six-foot-high bronze scultpure depicts Bernie Friedenberg cradling a wounded World War II soldier on Omaha Beach on D Day 1944. "I'm overwhelmed," said his daughter, Susan Friedenberg.
The news comes after the officer who led the ROTC program at California Polytechnic State University was reprimanded in January after pleading guilty to charges related to hiding a camera in a changing room at a clothing store in 2022.
As he recounted his experiences during the Vietnam War, Medal of Honor recipient Gary “Mike” Rose briefly digressed from his narrative several times to convey his gratitude to the craft