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One of two crosses that stands at Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base in California.![photo4]()
Marine Corps patches decorate one of the two crosses.![photo3]()
A gun with a helmet on top stands firm next to the base of a cross.![photo2]()
A stone with the words "Remember the Fallen" written on it sits at the foot of the crosses![photo6]()
Stones carved with phrases such as "Texas Stands Proud" serve as a reminder of fallen Marines.![photo8]()
The military tag of a fallen Marine.![photo8b]()
Original seven Marines hauling up the first cross in 2003.![photo7b]()
Marines take up the first cross in 2003.![photo9b]()
The seven Marines who hauled up the original cross in 2003 pose around it.![photo10]()
Aerial view of the crosses that stand at Camp Pendleton in California.![photo7]()
The two crosses that stand at Camp Pendleton in California.![photo5]()
View from Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base in California.Marines fight to keep crosses at California base as atheist groups push to remove them
Planted atop a remote hill in the middle of California's Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base rest two 13-foot crosses. Originally erected back in 2003 by seven marines grieving over lives lost in the war on terror, this site originally established for reflection has now become grounds for controversy.
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- Marines fight to keep crosses at California base as atheist groups push to remove them
