Marine Raiders / Navajo Code Talkers Monument
The Marine Raiders / Navajo Code Talkers Monument is a proposed project currently in development. It is planned to be installed in Camp Lejuene Memorial Gardens in Jacksonville, North Carolina.
WORK IN PROGRESS
Materials: Bronze and Patina
Sculpture: Douglas Granum
3D Printing: Form 3D
Fabrication & Patina: Parks Foundry
Related: BAR Rifle Replicas
Articles
War Dogs: Part II: How I Became a Marine Raider
I am flying in the navigator’s seat of a B-25 Mitchel looking down at a calm turquoise South Pacific. We fly low bucketing and creaking, it’s a plane with a lot of hours, through heat waves of turbulence. We lose rivets on occasion and have bullet holes in our...
War Dogs: Part I: War No Peace
The most hurtful circumstance about sorrow is the way it invites the crowding in of memories of happier times for poignant comparison with one’s present misery, and I was miserable. I am standing, anxiously dancing really, on a clammy flak jacket in the bottom of a...
MR / NCT Monument: Historic Names & Medallions
In the process of designing a piece such as the Marine Raiders / Navajo Code Talkers Monument many ideas are explored through the creative process. Names & Medallions Design In the case of the Marine Raiders / Navajo Code Talkers monument we have been working...
Proposed Marine Raiders / Navajo Code Talker Monument: Historic and Modern Soldiers
In the most recent discussions of the design for this monument, it was expressed by the Marine Raider Association that they would like to see a modern MARSOC in contemporary gear and uniform as a part of this monument. Early on the discussion circled around modern...
Hey Joe, did you print that BAR?
This was written in conjunction with the Marine Raiders and Code Talkers Monument project. All of my life I have been involved with rifles and pistols. Like most everything in my life, I taught myself. I taught myself to row and understand the sea, to hunt and finally...
The Navajo Weapon
This article was published in The Raider Patch, Issue Q1 2020 (Part 1) and Q2 2020 (Part 2) This was written in conjunction with the Marine Raiders and Code Talkers Monument project. About four years ago a well-dressed older Two Star General came up to me at a party...
Project Team
Douglas Granum
Douglas Granum
This was not work; it was truly a labor of love. I was the artist, but this could not have been accomplished without the help of a number of organizations and individuals.
This was not work; it was truly a labor of love. I was the artist, but this could not have been accomplished without the help of a number of organizations and individuals.
David Wright
David Wright
David Wright is a multi talented urban designer,landscape architect and artist/illustrator of the built, everyday, and inner environments. David brings concepts, schematics, and plans to life.
Form 3D Foundry
Form 3D Foundry
Grounded in traditional artistic principals, the Form team is committed to exploring, embracing and utilizing technology to propel sculptural advancements.
Grounded in traditional artistic principals, the Form team is committed to exploring, embracing and utilizing technology to propel sculptural advancements.
Scott Norris
Scott Norris
With over 20 years of making interactive things, Scott brings unique technical and design skills to the team. He makes sure that the whole world can see our work.
Parks Foundry
Parks Foundry, Enterprise Oregon
Parks Bronze Foundry is a full service bronze casting and moding foundry in response to fine art sculptors, art collectors, and art appreciation.
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