The Three Soldiers
Accession number:
1987.01
Maker:
Frederick Hart
(1943-1999)
Historical period:
1984
Miltary branch:
Army, Marine Corps
Wars and Conflicts:
Vietnam War
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 17 in. / 17 in. / 17 in.
Acquisition date:
1984
Credit line:
The Army and Navy Club Library Trust Fund
Location:
Parade, Second Floor
Provenance:
From 1984:
Produced, labeled “21/950” on rear base.
Label:
This stylistically traditional statue was created to complement the more evocative, contemporary Vietnam Veterans Memorial by Maya Lin on the Washington Mall near the Lincoln Memorial. It portrays three young American warriors—a Marine and two Soldiers—during the Vietnam War. The three figures were based compositely on six actual young men; two were active-duty Marines at the time the sculpture was created. In order to portray the diversity of American combat personnel that served in Vietnam, the soldiers here are purposely identifiable as Latino American, European American, and African American.