
Caption | Sculptor Felix de Weldon working on the plaster model of the US Marine Corps War Memorial, circa 1954, photo 6 of 7 ww2dbase | |||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Marine Corps John C. McQueen Collection | |||||||
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||
Added Date | 28 Aug 2014 | |||||||
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28 Aug 2014 04:18:09 AM
de Weldon screwed up. The .30 caliber carbine of WWII did not have provision for a bayonet. The Iwo Jima memorial carbine has a bayonet lug.