exists! And now, someone has put it online for all of us to see. This
INCREDIBLE picture was taken in 1918.
It is 18,000 men preparing for war in a training camp at Camp Dodge , in
Iowa . EIGHTEEN THOUSAND MEN!!!!!
What a priceless gift from our grandfathers!
FACTS: Base to Shoulder: 150 feet; Right Arm: 340 feet; Widest part of arm
holding torch: 12 1/2 feet; Right thumb: 35 feet; Thickest part of body: 29
feet; Left hand length: 30 feet; Face: 60 feet; Nose: 21 feet; Longest spike of
head piece: 70 feet; Torch and flame combined: 980 feet; Number of men in
flame of torch: 12,000; Number of men in torch: 2,800; Number of men in right arm: 1,200;
Number of men in body, head and balance of figure only: 2,000
Total men: 18,000
The Occasion
