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Fred Wallace Haise Jr. (/ h eɪ z / HAYZ; [1] born November 14, 1933) is an American former NASA astronaut, engineer, fighter pilot with the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force, and a test pilot. He is one of 24 people known to have flown to the Moon , having flown as Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 13 .
This list of tallest statues includes completed statues that are at least 50 m (160 ft) tall. The height values in this list are measured to the highest part of the human (or animal) figure, but exclude the height of any pedestal (plinth), or other base platform as well as any mast, spire, or other structure that extends higher than the tallest figure in the monument.
America's Response Monument, subtitled De Oppresso Liber, is a life-and-a-half scale bronze statue in Liberty Park overlooking the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City. Unofficially known as the Horse Soldier Statue, it is the first publicly accessible monument [2] dedicated to the United States Army Special Forces.
The bronze statue was later removed, maybe because of the higher value of the bronze. [ 2 ] The iron lion is a cultural icon in Cangzhou, the city is referred to as the "Lion City" and a local beer (Cangzhou Lion Beer) is named after the sculpture.
Ira Hamilton Hayes (January 12, 1923 – January 24, 1955) was an Akimel O'odham American and a United States Marine during World War II.Hayes was an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Community, located in Pinal and Maricopa counties in Arizona.
A statue on the grave of Zénobe sits and looks at a dynamo rotor. Stéphane Grappelli – French jazz violinist and member of the Quintette du Hot Club de France; Eileen Gray – Irish architect and furniture designer; André Grétry – Belgian-born French composer; Maurice Grimaud – French Prefecture of Police during May 1968 [5]
In 1997, a statue of Swigert made by George and Mark Lundeen was placed on display in the U.S. Capitol Building as one of two statues given by the state of Colorado to the National Statuary Hall Collection. [50] [51] As of December 2008 the statue is on display in Emancipation Hall in the United States Capitol Visitor Center.
The original, at the University of Minnesota, in Minneapolis, in 1906.. The Hiker is a bronze statue created by Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson.It commemorates the American soldiers who fought in the Spanish–American War, the Boxer Rebellion, and the Philippine–American War.