I half inched this from another site ... I still think it's terrific ... don't you ?? 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 f eet 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
I'm trying to work out if it can really be that many - 12000 in the flame and only 6000 in the rest? But certainly it is very clever and must have taken a lot of planning. If the buildings in the background are all the training camp then it must have been huge.
I didn't count Adrian .... I just thought it was cool !! Heres some more pictures of the Camp !! http://freepages.military.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cacunithistories/camp_dodge.htm
