Iron County Monuments and Markers from Cedar City Library

Plaques attached to stone or stone façade monument. Captain Maurice (Maury) Francis Graham was a hero of WWI, credited with saving the lives hundreds of American servicemen of the Lost Battalion when their unit was overrun by German ground forces in a dense fog. He was a recipient of both the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) and the French Legion of Honor (LOH), and Maury was considered by many to be the world’s foremost weather‐capable pilot. He pioneered a viable airmail route from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City for Western Air Services, of which he was also a co‐founder; he was at home in the air and on the mail route.