Thief steals American flag from Vietnam War vet

Thief steals American flag from Vietnam War vet

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Jeffrey Wolf
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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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MERRITT ISLAND, Fla. -- Two weeks ago Channel 9 reported on Mary White, a Merritt Island woman who had just lost her husband to a heart attack. The family lowered his flags to half staff, but the night before his funeral a thief stole them off the flag pole.

Roy White was so proud of his American flag and U.S. Marine flag that he had lights installed to keep them on display day and night. Friday, for the first time in two weeks, the display was flying again.
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