Thief steals American flag from Vietnam War vet

Thief steals American flag from Vietnam War vet

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Jeffrey Wolf
Written by
Dave Delozier

DENVER - Everyday for the last 15 years, Jim Carlson has flown two flags on a 20-foot-pole in front of his home.

Carlson is a Vietnam War veteran and he says he flies the American flag in honor of veterans who made it back from war and a POW flag for those that didn't.

"There's great honor. I think when people go by they see the flags and at least they have to think for a minute, 'Hey, we live in a free country because of people who fight for our freedom.' Freedom is not free," Carlson said.

Sometime in the early morning hours of Flag Day (Tuesday), someone cut down the flagpole and stole the flags.

"It's our country, it's what they represent," Carlson said of the flags. "It's a part of me. It's a part of all sorts of veterans and it's very deep.
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Thief steals American flag from Vietnam War vet