Tom White, the talented sculptor from TomWhiteStudio.com was commissioned to design and bring to life the bronze sculpture of Kenneth Lee Worley. Please visit his website and enjoy his work. As you gain insight to the driving force and talent within Tom, you will agree that he was led to this project to honor Kenneth Lee Worley.
Read more about Tom White Studio, home of this amazing sculptor.
We’ve added to our Kenneth Lee Worley pages again:
A Memorial Bronze to honor Lance Corporal Kenneth Lee Worley, USMC, CMOH.
I would like to see a bronze of Kenneth Lee Worley shown standing easy in his combat gear and alongside him a bronze of one of the Young Marines who are dedicated to Worley’s honor. The young man, age 8 or 9 to be looking up and saluting his hero.
Conceptually, the Young Marine will represent Worley when he was young and dreaming of growing up. It will represent Worley harking back to his childhood, as well as his son, who Worley never met, and young people all over America who look up to the ideal of heroism.
I don’t think Worley should be presented in Dress Uniform or wearing medals or devices other than his rifle and gear and working tools of a Marine Lance Corporal in Vietnam in 1968.
Full Kenneth Worley Memorial Challenge here…
Kenneth Lee Worley is about to become a household name across the internet. Dad, in the support of hundreds of devoted and dedicated individuals across the country, is starting the Kenneth Lee Worley Project here on American Valor.
We created a general tribute to Kenneth Worley back in October, 2008. Today we opened a sub page highlighting the original concept of the Kenneth Lee Worley Memorial. Dad may not always get all the articles and posts in the right order.
Obviously that goes without saying. However, it is our goal to make American Valor a place you can go to find out as much as possible about our Medal of Honor recipient Kenneth Lee Worley as possible.
This is a work in progress and will grow over time.
American Valor Salutes Our Military
One of the principal U.S. commemorations of the 65th anniversary of the World War II landings in France will take place June 6-7 at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. Among those taking part will be several hundred veterans of the D-Day landings and other World War II battles.
American soldiers land on the French coast in Normandy during the D-Day invasion, 06 Jun 1944
The success of the Allied landings on Normandy’s beaches 65 years ago spelled the beginning of the end for Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. But, while many people today know of D-Day from history books or movies, fewer and fewer people remain who were alive when it happened and fewer still who witnessed the dramatic event.
National World War II Museum Vice President Sam Wegner says the 65th anniversary of D-Day provides an opportunity to honor those who fought in the war while they are still around. "There were 16 million Americans who served in uniform in World War II and that number is down to a little over II million Americans now. The U.S. World War II veterans are dying at the rate of 900 a day," he said.
Wegner says the June 6 events planned at the museum include a ceremony focused on the surviving veterans and their families. "On Saturday afternoon we are going to be doing a ceremony called ‘A Gathering of the Greatest Generation, a Roll Call of the American Fighting Man of World War II.’ We have invited down World War II veterans and their families and, in some instances, we will have the families of the veterans, since the
veteran has since passed on," he said.
Since it was founded as the D-Day Museum nine years ago, the site near downtown New Orleans has received over 2 million visitors, including many veterans of the war and their family members.
The museum houses weapons and artifacts from the war as well as thousands of stories from veterans kept in its oral history archives. In 2003, the US Congress designated the non-profit institution as the National World War II Museum and it has now expanded to include all aspects of the war, in Europe, the Pacific and at home.
Read the complete story by Greg Flakus at D Day Ceremony
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