Marines fight to keep crosses at California base as atheist groups push to remove them
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}One of two crosses that stands at Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base in California. (Adam Housley)
Marine Corps patches decorate one of the two crosses. (Adam Housley)
A gun with a helmet on top stands firm next to the base of a cross. (Adam Housley)
A stone with the words "Remember the Fallen" written on it sits at the foot of the crosses (Adam Housley)
Stones carved with phrases such as "Texas Stands Proud" serve as a reminder of fallen Marines. (Adam Housley)
The military tag of a fallen Marine. (Adam Housley)
Original seven Marines hauling up the first cross in 2003. (Pastor Scott Radetski)
Marines take up the first cross in 2003. (Pastor Scott Radetski)
The seven Marines who hauled up the original cross in 2003 pose around it. (Pastor Scott Radetski)
Aerial view of the crosses that stand at Camp Pendleton in California. (Adam Housley)
The two crosses that stand at Camp Pendleton in California. (Adam Housley)
View from Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base in California. (Adam Housley)