The Doughboy statue was returned to Zelasko Park in Aberdeen on Wednesday morning, and was reattached to the statue base by city staff after it had been taken down in October for repairs.

Depicting an infantryman from World War I, the statue honors those soldiers on the front lines in that war. It was originally located at the triangular block where Simpson Avenue turns into North Park Street, where the ocean wave statue currently sits. It’s dated from July 4, 1926.

Before October, the statue had its rifle vandalized and bent. It was then taken to Valley Bronze of Oregon, which repaired the statue and also applied a new green coat to the metallic statue by oxidization, also known as a patina.

After a crane lowered the statue back on the base, several city staff members and the two directors of the Aberdeen Museum of History stood by to watch.

(Louis Krauss | Grays Harbor News Group) Aberdeen city staff and directors of the Aberdeen Museum of History look at the Doughboy statue, which was returned to Zelasko Park after repairs.