“The Mark V Monument Project” is an undertaking to erect an eleven (11) foot tall bronze/granite JAKE monument.  It will have a three (3) foot tall pentagon shaped granite base.  Each of the five sides will display a bronze seal of one of the five services of the U.S. Military.  The monument will celebrate all graduates, past, present, and future of all U.S. Navy Diving Schools that go down in the sea to work.  This monument will celebrate traditions forever of divers around the world who have given their life's work to underwater ships husbandry, underwater construction, salvage of ships lost at sea, combat, and clandestine missions. 

Bob Barth enlisted the help of Dave Sullivan from the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center (NDSTC).  To ensure everything was legal and above-board, Bob and Dave formed a not-for-profit Florida corporation, The Mark V Monument Project Inc.  They also enlisted the help of Ed Delanoy, Dave Thompson, Kellard Jansen, and Jim McCarthy to form The Mark V Monument Committee (MVMC).  The committee was deeply involved in every aspect of design to ensure the product is technically accurate and to guarantee we erect a "JAKE" that all graduates (past, present, and future) of navy dive schools will take pride in.

The MVMC initially solicited the diving community for donations to design, fabricate, and erect the JAKE at NDSTC.  Some very gracious donation were received but eventually waned off leaving a balance of funds far from what would be required to proceed.  The MVMC put their heads together and brainstormed the idea to contract the production of 300 21-inch bronze/granite, certified, serialized, limited edition, exact replicas, of the monument for sale.  At the writing of this article, approximately 105 of the statuettes and the corresponding limited edition certificates have been delivered to supporters around the globe, from Canada, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and many h

The price of these statuettes is $2,000 each (shipping included CONUS).  There are only 300.  This is a great price for a piece of art that is also a piece of history.  We have the capability to accept your VISA, AMERICAN EXPRESS, DISCOVER Card, or MASTERCARD as payment.  We will also entertain partial payments, of $500 per month (delivery at final payment).  The Mark V Monument Project Inc. has been granted Tax exempt status by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, contributions are deductable under section 170 of the Code; therefore we issue a $600 deductable donation certificate with the purchase of each statuette.

We will actually only be selling 299 statuettes.  We will be giving away serial # 001.  We are providing "drawing" tickets for a donation of $10.  We have printed 1,000 of these tickets.  The winning ticket will be drawn either at the erecting of the Mark Five Monument or when the 1,000’th ticket is sold, which ever occurs first. 

If you are interested in contributing to the successful completion of this project by becoming a proud owner of one of these serialized limited edition statuettes, you can place an order using the following phone numbers and emails:

 

Bob Barth.......... (850) 785-6249

bob.barth@mchsi.com

 

Dave Sullivan ........ (850) 234-4162 or (850) 819-4163 (C)

markvmonumentproject@comcast.net