Over the Top to Victory

Over the Top to Victory, also known as Doughboy Statue and Their Country's Call Answered, is an outdoor bronze sculpture by John Paulding, formerly located at the Marion County Courthouse in Salem, Oregon, United States.

[1] An inscription on the lower right reads: CAST BY AMERICAN ART BRONZE FOUNDRY / J. PAULDING SC.

On the front of the base is the inscription: THEIR COUNTRY'S CALL / ANSWERED / SONS AND DAUGHTER OF / MARION COUNTY / WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / IN THE / WORLD WAR / 1914–1918 / "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN" / JOHN 15:13.

The base's front also includes a plaque with a signed founder's mark and the text: DOUGHBOY STATUE REDEDICATION / MAY 18, 1991 / BARBARA ROBERTS / GOVERNOR / JON MANGIS / DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS / ORVILLE A. RUMMELL / PAST COMMANDER / VETERAN WORLD WAR.

Displayed on the other three sides of the base are the names of 87 men and one woman from Marion County who died in the war.

The statue was installed at the Marion County Courthouse from 1924 to 1991.