Lejeune Bronze 2929 - luh jern

Mr. Robert Stevens, Chairman & CEO of Lockheed Martin Corporation, accepts the General John A. LeJeune recognition for exemplary leadership. Mr. Stevens speaks about the importance of Marines past, present & future.

Thee LUH JERN

A bronze salute to CMC XIII who post WWI saved the Corps and later saved VMI,
Lt.General Lejeune also created the MCA, MCL and established the foundation for the world's finest amphibious attack force.

Weighing in at 8.6 pounds 13 ' tall / coated in dark bronze and sized precisely the same as Hollywood's famous "Oscar". As well as being molded by R. S. Owens - Chicago, the same foundry, which produces the Oscars each & every year.
Artist Mike Davis of Richmond created several renderings of John Archer Lejeune. Is the artist who made a study of his life & times. The
face is modeled after the USPS Lejeune postage stamp.

Historian Dick Camp and Owen Connor were responsible for the NMMC supervised the WW I attire.

Note: The legendary World War I Springfield1903 rifles also weighed 8.6 pounds.

Pronounced " LUH JERN"

attribution: P.T. Brent

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