Fort Smith, Arkansas: Biker General
William Darby led "Darby's Rangers" in World War II. The statue by artist Kevin Kresse depicts the general astride a 1942 military Harley Davidson, facing Europe. He was killed two days before the Nazis surrendered.
- Address:
- 1001 Garrison Ave., Fort Smith, AR
- Directions:
- Downtown, in the small Cisterna Park, on the north side of Garrison Ave. just east of its intersection with N. 10th St.
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William Darby was the founding director of the Army's First Ranger Battalion. The statue is in a park on Garrison Ave.
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General Darby, a Fort Smith native, is depicted astride a 1942 WWII Harley Davidson, facing Europe. The sculpture was unveiled April 30, 2016, 71 years after he was killed by a Nazi artillery shell while commanding American Fifth Army forces in Italy. Two days later, on May 2, 1945, the German military in Italy surrendered.