BGuthrie Photos: VA -- Quantico -- Natl Museum of the Marine Corps -- Memorial Park

VA -- Quantico -- Natl Museum of the Marine Corps -- Memorial Park:

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1. MCMMPK_100612_067.JPG: Soldiers of the Sea 1775-1998 Dedicated to all Marines who served our nation as members of seagoing Marine detachments aboard naval ships From sea to shining sea "Semper Fidelis" Presented by the United States Seagoing Marine Association
2. MCMMPK_100612_071.JPG: "Our Navy Chaplains" 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines * Small Wars * Soldiers from the Sea * * Old China Marines * * World War II * * Cold War Force in Readiness * * Vietnam *
3. MCMMPK_100612_074.JPG: The Legacy and Heritage of Second Battalion, 4th Marines "The Magnificent Bastards" In every clime and place
4. MCMMPK_100612_079.JPG: * Desert Shield * Desert Storm * * Humanitarian and Evacuation Operations * * Iraqi Freedom * * Global War on Terror * * Other Duties as the President May Direct *
5. MCMMPK_100612_090.JPG: Battle Colors of the Marine Corps Marine Barracks, Washington DC, holds the official Battle Colors of the Marine Corps. A duplicate is maintained in the office of the Commandant of the Marine Corps in the Pentagon. The official Battle Colors of the Marine Corps are adorned for 54 colored streamers representing the history and accomplishments of the Marine Corps. The streamers represent US and foreign unit awards as well as those periods of service, expeditions, and campaigns in which the Marine Corps has participated from the American Revolution to today. The newest streamers added to the Battle Colors are the Afghanistan and Iraq Campaign Streamers. Marine Corps units attach specifically authorized award and campaign streamers to their own unit colors, which are typically held by the unit Sergeant Major.
6. MCMMPK_100612_103.JPG: United States Marine Corps HMM-362 Ugly Angels Vietnam 1962-1969
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Description of Subject Matter: Overlooking the Museum is the three acre Semper Fidelis Memorial Park, a place of remembrance and reflection dedicated to honoring the service of all Marines. Interwoven paths cross and meet at rally points, where monuments erected to honor various Marine Corps organizations and those who served in them provide places for visitors to pause and contemplate. Commemorative bricks line portions of the pathways through the park. Donated by family members and friends to forever attest the honor, courage, and commitment that embodies the Marine Corps, sales of these bricks support the operations of the National Museum of the Marine Corps.

The above was from http://www.usmcmuseum.org/Museum_Tour.asp

Among the statues:

Iron Mike:
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 the 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 a French sculptor 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 Bu ...More...
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