Re: 70 years ago...

Posted by Billy NY on February 24, 2015 at 12:34:12 from (104.228.35.235):

In Reply to: 70 years ago... posted by Ultradog MN on February 24, 2015 at 09:18:38:

My grandfather, a WWII marine veteran, later retired a chief warrant officer in the Marine reserves, hand sculpted in clay what is in the photo, then used that to make a mold, which he then cast it in solid bronze or brass as a book end. He sculpted the globe and anchor and cast it as well, for the opposite end. They reside on my shelf now. He did some illustration work for the U.S.M.C, he was an extremely talented artist. I saw one piece he did of a landing craft, but I don't recall that I have seen it or found it since, though I do have some things stashed for so long I cannot recall everything, though I have gathered most of his works and secured them in a tote for now. I may have the mold, it was made of plywood, and looked like plaster of paris or something similar was used. When I was a kid, I remember finding the actual clay sculptures that someone literally tossed in a drawer with junk, but with the actual pieces I assume I could make a mold or see if the original is intact. I had a book that came from him, depicting by mostly photos of what happened on Iwo Jima. The one thing that I will never forget was the photo of a deceased marine with a bullet puncture through his helmet, still clutching his M1 Garand with a caption that read, "this marine was not so lucky" There were photos of all of what happened, it was graphic and if you read it, well being a kid, you knew this was a nasty affair to defeat this well entrenched enemy. Someone swiped that book, as I have not seen it in years, was about 8x11 and 1/2' thick, and it resided on the top shelf of my closet when I was a kid, away from everything else, given some of the graphic nature of the photos. My uncle was with the 105th infantry and was embedded with the marines throughout the pacific theater, he managed to survive some of the worst fighting and conditions, was given 2 bronze stars, and a purple heart if I recall. He's listed on a website, I have a link to it somewhere. One can't really imagine what it was like unless they actually saw it for themselves. It took him 2 years to filter out the bad things and come home to raise a large family, passed a year and half ago.

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