[Britton J Wingfield]

Do the marines in the Iwo Jima statue actually look like the real marines? I'm not sure it's even that detailed.

[Dakmar]

If they were making that Iwo Jima statue today one of the marines would look Japanese.

[phil1750]

The thing that always strikes me about stories like this is that if 3 'minority" firefighters had been free at that particular moment, and raised the flag, creating the picture that circulated around the world; changing their race in a statue would have been unthinkable. Dissing whites to enhance minorities is ok. Just don't ever try it the other way around (sarcasm)

[Stand Watch Listen]

Do the marines in the Iwo Jima statue actually look like the real marines? I'm not sure it's even that detailed.

FYI...

	Sculptor DeWeldon with Rene Gagnon, Ira Hayes, John Bradley. The survivors modeled for DeWeldon.
	Here sculptor DeWeldon works on the image of John Bradley.
	Sculptor DeWeldon with Gagnon. The three who died on Iwo Jima, Harlon Block, Mike Strank and Franklin Sously, had their bodies recreated using pictures and measurements.