Stephens, Georgia

Stephens is a town in Georgia. A U.S. company led by Captain Hubert Rhodes and including Lt. Boris Lavochkin's platoon raided the town in late 1943. This was a second raid from Monroe to the west, with a larger force than the first one, which hit Stephens for the first time. Therefore the town was better prepared with a combined force of home guards and Mexican troops but they could not stand against the U.S. forces. The town went up in flames.