Marines Pose For Cast Figures For National Museum of the Marine Corps

United States Marine Corps Sgt. Kristopher Battles (2nd L) shows the position he had to hold while his body was cast to USMC Captain Bill Heiken (R), a helicopter pilot, as he is cast at the Quantico Marine Corps Base February 27, 2009 in Quantico, Virginia. Active duty Marines, including Heiken, assumed poses portraying WWI-era Marines while being modeled for life-size cast figures. Heiken's body was cast to look like that of 1st Lt. Bernard L. Smith, a pioneer in the early years of Marine Corps Aviation, as he flew a Curtiss A2 plane in January 1913. The cast figures will be installed in exhibits at the National Museum of the Marine Corps's new World War I gallery scheduled to open in the spring of 2010. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Bill Heiken;Kristopher Battles

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