Rudder Project

7 1/2 foot bronze statue of Lt. Col. Earl Rudder.

The statue is based on a picture taken after he led his troops of

Rangers up the 300-foot sheer rock cliffs of Point Du Hoc during WW II to take out a heavily fortified German artillery gun in placement during the D-Day invasion.

The placement of the statue is to be on the west side of the McCulloch County Courthouse in Brady, Texas, near the existing cannon.

Artist/Sculptor: Troy Kelley from Salado, Texas will be using the lost wax method for sculpting the detailed statue in Bronze of Lt. Col. Earl Rudder in his full battle dress uniform. Below right is Troy's depiction of the casting to be done. The bronze likeness is to be placed on a stone quarried from McCulloch County roughly shaped in a point depicting Point Du Hoc.

The construction cost estimate for this project is $70,000.

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