Sculpture, Statues and things that don't move much.

[Out to Lunch]

Long Van Pagoda, Binh Thanh District, Saigon. Fuji X-H1 - XF 2.8/16-55 R.

 

[newst]

2020-10-17 Stage A7II Ricoh 50-20 DSC06999 4x6 by newst54, on Flickr

 

[Yokosuka_Mike]

X100V
Astia film simulation
Mizuki Shigeru Road - Tottori Prefecture, Japan - Nov 2020

All the best,
Mike

 

[peterm1]

A little piece of Asia in Adelaide by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

Spooky by Life in Shadows, on Flickr


Waterwall and abstract 2 by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

Sophisticated ladies by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

 

[Bill Blackwell]

 

[peterm1]

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Just a question about this statue. Which battle or campaign does it commemorate, I wonder. My reason for asking is simply this. I was recently reading (again) about the Guadalcanal campaign in WW2. Of course that battle was largely fought by the US Marine Corps (though infantry units moved in and relieved them later in the campaign). In that campaign, especially early in the campaign, the Marines were famously relatively poorly equipped with older weapons like the bolt action Springfield '03 and the .45 calibre Reising Gun - an early sub-machine gun which was not widely issued except to Marines and the Coast Guard, and quickly superseded (e.g. by the Thompson sub machine gun). The subject in the statue looks to be armed with the Reising Gun.

This is what prompted my interest. Was this a commemoration of the Guadalcanal Campaign? BTW I have been there. About 30 years ago I had the opportunity to twice sail through the Solomon Islands in successive years, - sailing, diving and visiting the battlefields in that theatre. A beautiful place though it would have been an exceedingly difficult and trying place to wage battles against a determined enemy that had just rampaged through Asia and the Pacific. To their great credit they did it and prevailed.

 

[Bill Blackwell]

Just a question about this statue. Which battle or campaign does it commemorate, I wonder. ...

This statue is part of the Arizona capital mall in Phoenix and represents the "Windtalker" code bearers in the pacific theatre during WWII; the code was based on the Navajo Indian language.

 

[dourbalistar]

This statue is part of the Arizona capital mall in Phoenix and represents the "Windtalker" code bearers in the pacific theatre during WWII; the code was based on the Apache Indian language.

With all due respect, the code is based on the Navajo language:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_talker#Navajo

 

[peterm1]

This statue is part of the Arizona capital mall in Phoenix and represents the "Windtalker" code bearers in the pacific theatre during WWII; the code was based on the Apache Indian language.

That's cool. Thank you.

 

[raydm6]

Votive Head Sculpture - Providence, R.I. by rdc154, on Flickr

 

[Bill Blackwell]

With all due respect, the code is based on the Navajo language:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_talker#Navajo

Right. I stand corrected.

 

[Mr_Flibble]

Leica IIIc, W-Komura 28mm f/3.5, APX100

 

[Yokosuka_Mike]

Fujifilm X-H1, Fujinon XF 56mm f1.2 R lens
Astia film simulation
Yokohama, Japan - Nov 2020

All the best,
Mike

 

[Larry H-L]

Lubitel Universal 166 TLR, Foma 400, HC-110

 

[maigo]

Playground of the Gods by Kamui Mintara by Maigo, on Flickr

Summer 2020
Olympus 35RC
Portra 400

 

[peterm1]

_DSC3895a by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

DSC00871a by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

Watching by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

 

[Bingley]

Bessa R2A, CV Heliar 75/2.5, TMax 400:
Putto by Steve Macfarlane, on Flickr

 

[Bingley]

Bessa R2A, CV Heliar 75/2.5, TMax 400:

Man on a horse, Padua by Steve Macfarlane, on Flickr

 

[bullterrier]

 

[jarski]

happy new year from Bangkok!