Vandals have set fire to a statue of a World War II veteran they mistook for Confederate Army Commander Robert E. Lee. The statue is erected at the front of the William C. Lee Airborne Museum in Dunn, North Carolina. Mix-up: The statue the vandals burned was for WWII veteran Major General William C. Lee (left), not Robert E. Lee, Commander of the Confederate States Army during the Civil War (right)'I think it was a big mistake. In his life William C Lee, who passed away in 1948, led the 101st Airborne Division and was fondly nicknamed the 'Father of the U.S. Airborne'. Before the damage: General Lee's statue is pictured before the burning incidentThe statue stands in front of the General William C. Lee Airborne Museum.

Source: Daily Mail February 21, 2019 18:20 UTC