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“In honor of the Airborne Trooper whose courage, dedication, and traditions make him the world’s finest fighting man.”
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“In honor of the Airborne Trooper whose courage, dedication, and traditions make him the world’s finest fighting man.”
Copyright© 2008 Kamoteus/RonMiguel RN
This image is protected under the United States and International Copyright laws and may not be downloaded, reproduced, copied, transmitted or manipulated without written permission.
The Airborne Trooper Statue is a tribute to the American Airborne Soldiers of D-Day. The monument is located next to the Bridge in La Fiere where on the 6th-9th of June members of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment and 325th Glider Regiment fought against repeated German attacks to hold the bridge.
The base of the statue contains the inscription:
“A grateful tribute to American Airborne soldiers of D-Day 6 June 1944 to 7 June 1997”
The monument is a replica of the "Iron Mike" statue located in Fort Bragg. The original was sculpted by Leah Hiebert in 1960-1961 modelled on Sgt. Major Runyon.
To the left of the statue is a bronze table orientation table shaped as a folded parachute and a bronze book of remembrance.
Sketch of the Iron Mike statue today at the first ever @usmc Combat Art symposium at the @USMCMuseum @urbansketchers @Sketch_Dailies @USArmy
The Airborne Trooper Statue is a tribute to the American Airborne Soldiers of D-Day. The monument is located next to the Bridge in La Fiere where on the 6th-9th of June members of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment and 325th Glider Regiment fought against repeated German attacks to hold the bridge.
The base of the statue contains the inscription:
“A grateful tribute to American Airborne soldiers of D-Day 6 June 1944 to 7 June 1997”
The monument is a replica of the "Iron Mike" statue located in Fort Bragg. The original was sculpted by Leah Hiebert in 1960-1961 modelled on Sgt. Major Runyon.
To the left of the statue is a bronze table orientation table shaped as a folded parachute and a bronze book of remembrance.
LOL is not something I do often when researching the photos I post - but I certainly did on this occasion!
The above statue can be found in the grounds of the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, VA. It depicts a US Marine of World War I holding a 1903 Springfield bolt-action rifle, wearing a pack and sheathed bayonet. His pose is described as 'looking to the proper left.' It is a copy of an original that today stands in front of Butler Hall at Quantico. The original was commissioned from the French sculptor Charles Raphael Peyre at the end of the Great War.
The funny part is that it was originally nothing to do with the US Marine Corps. It was commissioned by US Army General John J Pershing who wanted to commemorate the service of the US Army’s doughboys.
The sculptor, unaware of the differences between the branches of service, used a Marine private as a model and included the eagle, globe and anchor insignia on the helmet. The statue was begun in 1918 and first exhibited at the Exposition des Beaux Arts of the Grand Palaise des Champs-Élysées, in Paris in May 1919.
I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall when Pershing first saw the finished product - I suspect puce and apoplectic are words that might have been needed to describe his reaction. He insisted that the helmet insignia be removed, but the artist would not allow his work to be censored, so the Army declined to buy the statue.
Marine Corps General Smedley Butler raised enough money through subscriptions from Marine Corps officers and men to buy the statue and had it installed in front of the headquarters building at Marine Corps Base Quantico, where it was dedicated on 8 December 1921.
The Iron Mike label is the de facto name of various monuments commemorating servicemen of the US military. The term is uniquely American slang used to refer to men who are especially tough, brave, and inspiring. Because the use of the slang term was popular in the first half of the 20th century, many statues from that period acquired the nickname, and over the generations the artists' titles were in many cases largely forgotten. Even official military publications and classroom texts tend to prefer the nickname to the original titles. The above replica is labelled Iron Mike, whilst the original still has its correct original title of "Crusading for Right."
The conversation went some thing like this after Jayzen came down off his 2nd attempt of Iron Mike (and stripped the draws off).........
JJ: Come on Jas have another go
Jas:Nah I dunno mate, I just gunna cruze and do some easy stuff, got no skin
JJ: I'll squid up and put the gear on for ya, if you belay me up
Jas: Nah dont worry about it
Pickles: I'll go up and put the gear on
JJ: Mr Breezo is coming in now Jas, COME ORRRN!!
Jas: Well alright then, if I hhavve to ;-)
Guess who sent on his last shot of the day!!!
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Iron Mike is the de facto name of various monuments commemorating servicemen of the United States military. The term "Iron Mike" is uniquely American slang used to refer to men who are especially tough, brave, and inspiring. Because the use of the slang term was popular in the first half of the 20th century, many statues from that period acquired the Iron Mike nickname, and over the generations the artists' titles were largely forgotten. Even official military publications and classroom texts tend to prefer the nickname to the original titles.
Quantico’s Iron Mike is officially titled Crusading for Right. It depicts a World War I Marine holding a 1903 Springfield rifle, wearing a pack with a bayonet.
At the end of the war, US Army General John J. Pershing commissioned the French sculptor Charles Raphael Peyre (sometimes Raphael Charles Peyne) to commemorate the service of the US Army’s "doughboys". The sculptor, unaware of the differences between the branches of service, used a Marine private as a model and included the Eagle, Globe and Anchor insignia on the helmet. When Pershing saw the finished product, he demanded that the Marine Corps insignia be removed. The artist would not allow his work to be censored, so the Army refused to buy the statue.
Finally, Marine Corps General Smedley Butler raised enough money to buy the statue and had it installed in front of the headquarters building at Marine Corps Base Quantico, VA. The statue was begun in 1918 and first exhibited at the Exposition des Beaux Arts of the Grand Palaise des Champs-Élysées, in Paris in May 1919. Marine Officers and Enlisted donated money to purchase the statue, and it was sited in front of the Base Headquarters, Building 1019, in Quantico, Virginia, some 75 miles from DC and a bit off the tourist trail. Three tablets were erected in the memory of the officers and men of the 6th Machine Gun Battalion, 5th Regiment and 6th Regiment, United States Marines, "who gave their lives for their country in the World War in 1918" by the Thomas Roberts Reath, Marine Post No. 186, American Legion, on November 10, 1921. On December 8, 1921, the statue was dedicated.
Today, a recreation of this statue stands in front of the National Museum of the Marine Corps, outside the Quantico base. On that statue's base is the name "Iron Mike". The original statue remains in front of Butler Hall, home of the Marine Corps Training and Education Command.
The plaque read:
in honor of Airborne troopers whose courage, dedication, and traditions make them the world's finest fighting soldiers
Michael Gerard Tyson is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. Nicknamed "Iron Mike" and "Kid Dynamite" in his early career, and later known as "The Baddest Man on the Planet", Tyson is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time.
Iron Mike
Airborne & Special Ops Museum
Fayetteville, NC
Looks best by pressing "L" to view large on black. Happy Memorial Day!
Palmer, Alfred T.,, photographer.
Marine statue at Parris Island, S.C.
1942 May
1 transparency : color.
Notes:
Statue called "Iron Mike" by recruits.
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
United States.--Marine Corps
World War, 1939-1945
Sculpture
Air bases
United States--South Carolina--Parris Island
Format: Transparencies--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-32 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a35127
Call Number: LC-USW36-998
Palmer, Alfred T.,, photographer.
Marine statue at Parris Island, S.C.
1942 May
1 transparency : color.
Notes:
Statue called "Iron Mike" by recruits.
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
United States.--Marine Corps
World War, 1939-1945
Sculpture
Air bases
United States--South Carolina--Parris Island
Format: Transparencies--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-32 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a35128
Call Number: LC-USW36-999
Staff Sgt. Hector Delgado, a member of Headquarters Battery, 108th Air
Defense Artillery Brigade, tightens the straps on his M-50 joint service general
purpose mask during a confidence test held at the 82nd Airborne Divisions
gas chamber, in September.
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Palmer, Alfred T.,, photographer.
Marine statue at Parris Island, S.C.
1942 May
1 transparency : color.
Notes:
Statue called "Iron Mike" by recruits.
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
United States.--Marine Corps
World War, 1939-1945
Sculpture
Air bases
United States--South Carolina--Parris Island
Format: Transparencies--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-32 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a35145
Call Number: LC-USW36-1016
Sun setting behind "Follow Me", better known as "Iron Mike"; located in front of the US Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia.
3737 State Route 534, Southington, OH 44470
The main gate to the 1980′s playground mansion of the famed "Iron" Mike Tyson who then was looking like he would go down as the greatest boxer of all time. Only recently have boxing aficionados been saying that he may in fact be the greatest. Mike, of course, hasn't lived here sere since 1999, but the elaborate wrought iron still bears his name.
"Iron Mike" didn't build the mansion as many believe -- he actually bought it at sheriff's sale. The home itself was built by the infamous Trumbull County Commissioner Ted Vannelli who, it was discovered, was helping himself to county funds to pay for the lush home on the nearly 60 acre parcel of land in Southington, Ohio.
When authorities finally caught up with Vannelli and tossed him in jail, his mortgage was foreclosed and Tyson was able to buy the mansion for $300K at the sheriff's auction. Tyson stayed here when training for fights at Don King’s facility in nearby Orwell.
Tyson, by the way, was not responsible for abandoning the property to foreclosure, again as is most people believe. After serving 6 years in jail (1989 to 1995) he actually returned to live in the mansion, but in 1999 sold it to a shady character by the name of Paul Monea for the sum of $1.3 million.
In the hands of Monea, the mansion was to become part of even bigger scandal. Monea was arrested by undercover FBI agents in a "sting" operation in 2006 when he tried sell the mansion along with the mysterious 43-carat yellow “Golden Eye” diamond that came into his possession under dubious circumstances. In any event, Monea was forced to hand over both the diamond and the mansion.
The exquisite Golden Eye was auctioned off in September 2011 and purchased by a Bazetta Township businessman and gold trader by the name of Gerre Hentosh.
Businessman Ron Hemelgarn bought the mansion, again in a sheriff's auction, in October of 2010 for $600,000 and $360,604.66 in back taxes and to my knowledge is still the legal owner of the mansion in spite of several attempts to sale.
3737 State Route 534, Southington, OH 44470
The main gate to the 1980′s playground mansion of the famed "Iron" Mike Tyson who then was looking like he would go down as the greatest boxer of all time. Only recently have boxing aficionados been saying that he may in fact be the greatest. Mike, of course, hasn't lived here sere since 1999, but the elaborate wrought iron still bears his name.
"Iron Mike" didn't build the mansion as many believe -- he actually bought it at sheriff's sale. The home itself was built by the infamous Trumbull County Commissioner Ted Vannelli who, it was discovered, was helping himself to county funds to pay for the lush home on the nearly 60 acre parcel of land in Southington, Ohio.
When authorities finally caught up with Vannelli and tossed him in jail, his mortgage was foreclosed and Tyson was able to buy the mansion for $300K at the sheriff's auction. Tyson stayed here when training for fights at Don King’s facility in nearby Orwell.
Tyson, by the way, was not responsible for abandoning the property to foreclosure, again as is most people believe. After serving 6 years in jail (1989 to 1995) he actually returned to live in the mansion, but in 1999 sold it to a shady character by the name of Paul Monea for the sum of $1.3 million.
In the hands of Monea, the mansion was to become part of even bigger scandal. Monea was arrested by undercover FBI agents in a "sting" operation in 2006 when he tried sell the mansion along with the mysterious 43-carat yellow “Golden Eye” diamond that came into his possession under dubious circumstances. In any event, Monea was forced to hand over both the diamond and the mansion.
The exquisite Golden Eye was auctioned off in September 2011 and purchased by a Bazetta Township businessman and gold trader by the name of Gerre Hentosh.
Businessman Ron Hemelgarn bought the mansion, again in a sheriff's auction, in October of 2010 for $600,000 and $360,604.66 in back taxes and to my knowledge is still the legal owner of the mansion in spite of several attempts to sale.
Spc. Dzidula Agbegninou, the chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear officer for Headquarters Battery, 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, helps Pfc. Shoshona Sadler secure her M-50 joint service general purpose mask during a confidence test held at the 82nd Airborne Division’s gas chamber, in September. The
confidence test allows Soldiers to practice using their equipment in a real chemical environment.