FILE: Artifact-M0052.jpg

TITLE: Art Works Category

DESCRIPTION: Artist's model, in plaster, of the U.S. Marine Corps Memorial Statue depicting the raising of the U.S. flag over Mt. Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima. (presented to John Glenn in the 1960s by the sculptor, Felix DeWeldon)

CREDITS: John Glenn Archives, The Ohio State University