But how well they were made was of little concern to to the thousands of ex-servicemen and veterans who bought them; in 1922, the Chief of Infantry for the U.S. Army, Major General Charles S. Farnsworth, was so impressed by the little Doughboy statuette given to him by Viquesney, that he commissioned the sculptor to create a bronze piece called "The United States Infantry Association Trophy" which is still on display inside the Infantry Building in Washington, D.C.

For many years the little Doughboy statuettes and lamps stood in offices and dens as remembrances of buddies lost during "The Great War". Then as their owners grew old and passed on, most of these miniature replicas of Viquesney's famous statue ended up getting broken and discarded; what few remained in relatively good shape gathered dust stored away in attics and cellars.

Still, I thought it might be interesting to publish a website to see what I could dig up regarding Viquesney's miniature Doughboys and anything else he made. To my surprise, questions and comments began to trickle in from people who had found an old Doughboy statue "in Great Uncle Fred's old trunk out in the garage" or wherever, so I started looking online for Viquesney experts to help me answer their queries. This search finally led me to contact Earl Goldsmith of The Woodlands, Texas. Although Earl's primary interest was the life-size Viquesney Doughboys that still dot the country, he had picked up some information about the miniatures during his investigations. Earl had spent years accumulating files and photos of most of the known locations of "The Spirit of the American Doughboy", and was considering ways to get his information disseminated.