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INCREDIBLE PICTURE TAKEN IN 1918 - STATUE OF LIBERTY CREATED BY 18,000 SOLDIERS !
Camp Dodge - Des Moines, Iowa Temp 105! Submitted by Gary S. Statue of Liberty IN GOD WE TRUST! I find it amazing that this photo below, taken so many years ago, actually still 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 
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