The sculpture of a soldier stand 7 @.@ 75 feet ( 2 @.@ 36 m ) tall , 2 @.@ 583 feet ( 0 @.@ 787 m ) wide and 2 @.@ 66 feet ( 0 @.@ 81 m ) deep . Ronald J. Onorato , author of the National Register nomination , write that " the soldier stand with legs apart , his left hand at his belt , the right at his side . The face is impassive and expressionless . He wear a disheveled infantry uniform , rough shoes , the shirt collar open and askew , the sleeves rolled back , the knee tore open , his helmet on the ground behind his left foot . ... A holster hangs from the belt on the soldier 's right hip . " Montana signed the sculpture with " Pietro Montana / SC / 1927 . "