{"id":43969,"date":"2021-09-08T19:27:37","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T19:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/09\/08\/california-flag-memorial-to-13-slain-us-troops-vandalized\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:14:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:14:33","slug":"california-flag-memorial-to-13-slain-us-troops-vandalized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/2021\/09\/08\/california-flag-memorial-to-13-slain-us-troops-vandalized\/","title":{"rendered":"California flag memorial to 13 slain US troops vandalized"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Someone severely vandalized flags hung on a Southern California freeway overpass to honor the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2021\/08\/28\/here-are-the-names-of-the-13-service-members-who-died-in-afghanistan-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\">13 U.S. service members killed <\/a>in the suicide bombing at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2021\/09\/08\/vigil-at-marine-corps-memorial-for-the-13-killed-service-members\/\" target=\"_blank\">Afghanistan\u2019s Kabul airport<\/a> on Aug. 26, police said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A citizen reported the damage to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2021\/08\/19\/was-it-all-worth-it-heres-what-the-top-marines-say-about-your-service-in-afghanistan\/\" target=\"_blank\">13 American flag<\/a>s and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2021\/08\/26\/freedom-comes-at-a-cost-marine-corps-commandant-says-after-deadly-day-in-afghanistan\/\" target=\"_blank\">Marine Corps flag <\/a>that were attached to a fence on a bridge over the State Route 91 freeway in the city of Riverside, local police said in a social media post Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAt this point, we don\u2019t have any suspect description but it\u2019s obvious the flags were intentionally damaged,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FRiversidePD%2Fphotos%2Fa.10151538298751037%2F10160751545396037%2F%3Ftype%3D3&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RiversidePD\/photos\/pcb.10160751545876037\/10160751545396037\">Photos posted by police<\/a> showed large sections of some of the flags had been cut or torn apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The flags were removed and will be turned over to a Boy Scout troop for \u201cproper retirement,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 13 Americans who were killed included 11 Marines, one Navy sailor and one Army soldier. 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