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Army Aviator Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Viaggi, Paolo, sculptor. Ingram, Leo, sculptor. Ingram, Leo, Mrs., sculptor. Tavarelli Marble Works, fabricator. Georgia Marble Works, fabricator. Ingram Memorial Company, fabricator. Title:  Army Aviator Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  Commissioned 1970-1971. Dedicated Nov. 15, 1972. Medium:  Sculpture: Carrara marble; Base: Carrara marble. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 9 x 3 x 2 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 15 x 12 x 12 ft. (1,300 lbs.). Inscription:  (On plaque on base:) DEDICATED TO OUR/MEN OF ARMY/AVIATION, WHOSE/GALLANTRY AND/DEVOTION TO DUTY/INSURE AMERICA'S/FREEDOM/DAFFODIL GARDEN/CLUB PROJECT/1970-1972 unsigned Description:  Full-length figure of an Army aviator stands on a pedestal on a low square base. The figure wears a Vietnam War-era jumpsuit, cap and boots. He holds a helmet in his proper right hand and his gloves in his proper left hand. He wears a gun in a holster on his proper left shoulder. Subject:  History -- United States -- Military history History -- United States -- Aviation History -- United States -- Vietnam War Portrait male -- Striplin, Jerry A. -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Enterprise Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Daffodil Garden Club, 111 Plaza Drive, Enterprise, Alabama Located Intersection of Highways 134 & 88, Dothan & Fort Rucker Highways, Enterprise, Alabama Remarks:  Commissioned by the Daffodil Garden Club at the suggestion of Mrs. Gloria Jones, then Club president. The cost was $12,000 and the land on which the monument stands was donated by the State of Alabama. The sculpture honors Army aviators stationed at Fort Rucker, in Enterprise, Alabama and all pilots who served in the Army. This is reportedly the first known memorial specifically to Army aviators. Captain Jerry Striplin was the model. Photographs and a flight suit were sent to Italy for the artist to work from. The base was made by Mr. & Mrs. Leo Ingram of the Ingram Memorial Company. The sculpture broke as it was being loaded onto the boat from Italy to Alabama, and was repaired at Tavarelli Marble Works before attempting to re-ship. IAS files contain related articles. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS AL000343   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AL000343 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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