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There are many other similar statues throughout the United States, most of them World War I monuments. The most well-known is a sculpture by Ernest Moore Viquesney entitled Spirit of the American Doughboy. While the original statue design itself never received the nickname "Iron Mike", residents of some of the locales in which the copies can be found refer to their local monuments as such.

The U.S. Army Infantry Center at Fort Benning has a World War II monument entitled Follow Me which is officially called "Iron Mike" by the Infantry School. A replica of the Iron Mike monument of Fort Benning was erected on June 7, 1997 at La Fiere (Sainte-Mère-Église) in Normandy, France, as a tribute to American Airborne soldiers of “D-Day”.

Fort Lewis, Washington, is home to a statue simply entitled The Infantryman which is sometimes referred to as "Iron Mike". Set with a backdrop of Mount Rainier, the 18-foot-tall (5.5 m) fiberglass statue was erected in 1964 to memorialize the soldiers of the 4th Infantry Division.

Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow has a ridge that is used during training that is nicknamed "Iron Mike" due to the steepness of the terrain and determination it takes to run up without stopping. Another running course at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Camp Horno, shares the name as well.

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