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   Nov 4, 2021 · Camp Pendleton, California, the U.S. Marines’ busiest base, sits between San Diego and Los Angeles on miles of undeveloped coastline. Thirteen hundred feet above the base, more than 30...

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   Mar 4, 2024 · Around 150 veterans and active members of 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, reunited at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 29, to honor the 20th...

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   Nov 12, 2023 · Camp Pendleton, one of the U.S. Marines’ busiest bases, sits between San Diego and Los Angeles on miles of undeveloped coastline. Thirteen hundred feet above the base, more than 30 crosses...

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   Jul 4, 2022 · This memorial was actually build in Afghanistan and brought back to California when the Marines left. The Blue Diamond Memorial Monument shows the unit’s storied emblem (a blue diamond with...

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   Apr 22, 2023 · The 5th Marines Vietnam War Memorial will be assembled at Camp San Mateo Memorial Garden and dedicated on Memorial Day (May 28) at Camp Pendleton.

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   Feb 29, 2024 · Around 150 veterans and active members of 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, reunited at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 29, to honor the 20th...

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   Where is Camp Pendleton?

   • Camp Pendleton, California, the U.S. Marines’ busiest base, sits between San Diego and Los Angeles on miles of undeveloped coastline. Thirteen hundred feet above the base, more than 30 crosses stand on a hillside ― a memorial site established in 2003.

   How crosses and mementos help these Marines remember fallen comra…

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   What happened at Camp Pendleton?

   • In August, after 13 service members were killed in a blast at Kabul airport ― including nine Marines and one sailor based at Pendleton ― new crosses appeared on the hillside. Others were erected at different Marine Corps bases, echoing the spontaneous way the first Camp Pendleton cross was installed.

   How crosses and mementos help these Marines remember fallen comra…

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   Why is the Pendleton Memorial so important?

   • Because of its more intimate nature — secluded from the public and requiring an hourlong hike to visit — it has become especially meaningful for service members. The crosses are not a public memorial, he said, but “a warrior memorial.” On the journey to the Pendleton, California, crosses, people carry mementos to leave at the top.

   How crosses and mementos help these Marines remember fallen comra…

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   Why did Steve Colwell choose Camp Pendleton?

   • Ten years ago, Steve Colwell had a dream. He wanted to honor the Marines who had fought with him in Vietnam and never came home. Camp Pendleton, he thought, would be the perfect spot. It already had a memorial garden with other monuments.

   'This ain't right': A Marine veteran found a discarded Vietnam War

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9. www.sandiegouniontribune.com › 2014/07/19 › marinesMarines hike memorial hill – San Diego Union-Tribune

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   Jul 19, 2014 · First Sergeant’s Hill above the 5th Marines headquarters at Camp Pendleton is crowned with wooden cross memorials. One covered in sledgehammers honors Sgt. Matthew Abbate, a 26-year-old scout...