Dad died in 94 a decorated soldier, somebody stole from him in the last couple months

[Omaha Steve]

My sister and our youngest daughter went to visit Dad yesterday. It was time to put up a new flag. Nobody has been there in the last couple months. Trouble is dad's flag holder that said he was a WWII Veteran has been stolen. It has been on his grave all this time without any problems. How low can somebody get? They probably melted it down for the bronze.

Here is a flag for Dad.

His holder looked something like this:

[Cracklin Charlie]

1. I'm sorry that happened to you.

Here is a flag for your dad.

And one for my dad, also a World War II veteran.

[LoisB]

2. That is terrible. I'm so sorry there are assholes who would do something so disrespectful.

[ProfessorGAC]

3. If You're Surmise Is Correct...

...stealing it is even lower rent.
Bronze only runs about a buck & a half per pound.
I know a guy who casts bronze animal statues. (Miniatures)
He can make 40 statues with 10# of bronze and he pays $14 or $15 for 10#.
So, these thieves didn't actually make much.

[KS Toronado]

4. Scrap metal buyers today

are always on the lookout for stolen stuff. If a customer walked in with a couple dozen of these
bronze WWII markers, they'll be calling the cops.

Could someone have moved it to another nearby grave?

[ProfessorGAC]

10. Wondered The Same

Also, agree on the dealers being alert to avoid being fences.

[colorado_ufo]

5. So sorry.

[Traildogbob]

6. Assholes wear Nazi garb

And praise Hitler and want his style leadership. Stealing from a WW11 vet is simple to them. May your dad rest in peace and never have to see where his country has gotten to. None of the American soldiers in graves world wide gave their life for where this country is headed. Not one. This vet mourns for your dad’s sacrifice and the sacrifice his family endures to see the direction we are headed, after all of them gave their lives for much better. This Memorial Day has left a sick place in my heart, for all those that gave, to see our own Government, ya know which part, taking a dump on it all.

[momta]

7. What is wrong with people?

[Celerity]

15. American culture is often violent, selfish, hateful, cutthroat, and often full of rotters.

What is wrong with people?

The now-failing laboratory of Democracy, the global heart of rentier capitalism, all overlayed with the veneer of oligarchic systematic control, is erecting a monster that puts Frankenstein's to shame.

This dastardly theft is but one subatomic level example of a cancer growing stronger, more malignant inside the societal body with each waxing and waning of the moon.

[Celerity]

16. American culture is often violent, selfish, hateful, cutthroat, and often full of rotters.

What is wrong with people?

The now-failing laboratory of Democracy, the global heart of rentier capitalism, all overlayed with the veneer of oligarchic systematic control, is erecting a monster that puts Frankenstein's to shame.

This dastardly theft is but one subatomic level example of a cancer growing stronger, more malignant inside the societal body with each waxing and waning of the moon.

[demigoddess]

8. from a military brat

[Danmel]

9. You can probably get a replacement from the VA

https://www.cem.va.gov/hmm/types.asp

I'm sorry this happened to you.

[jeffreyi]

11. Thanks for that link.

I will check into this for my mom, stepdad, stepsister.

[Omaha Steve]

13. Yep, we got ours through the local county Veteran's office

[xmas74]

12. Where did you get the flag holder?

I'd love to get one for my grandfather.

[Omaha Steve]

17. The county Veteran's office

[xmas74]

18. I'll look around for one.

He has a small flat marker so a flag holder would be nice.

[electric_blue68]

14. Oh, that's nasty....

for your dad.





(you got to wonder sometimes 😑 )

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

19. That is despicable. Some people are horrible.

Someone stole the brass flower urns from my husband's parents' Graves. (His dad was a vet, as well, but didn't have one of those flag holders.) The thieves stole the urns from all of the Graves in that cemetery. To sell for scrap, it is believed. Despicable.