Grunt Style wants fallen Marine memorial removed from migrant shelter

Grunt Style co-owner, Tim Jensen, woke up one day to hear his old base had been sold to the City of Chicago for $1.5 million to accommodate a temporary immigrant housing center. He also found out the memorial that was created to honor the 16 Marines who lost their lives during his unit's 2004 deployment to Iraq, had not been relocated.

Furthermore, the city built a fence around the facility, preventing visitors from accessing the Marine Battalion memorial and paying their respects to the fallen warriors. Despite efforts of the unit's Veterans to have the memorial moved, and an offer from a neighboring city to house the memorial at a Veteran's park, the city has ignored the problem.

As a result, Grunt Style planned a massive press conference on Friday, May 17 at 10:00 a.m. CST. and only NOW are city officials are attempting to reach out.

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These U.S. Marines fought valiantly for our freedoms. It is our duty to ensure their memory is not only preserved but celebrated by future generations. - Justin De Hoyos, Army Veteran

The newly made petition states, “The creation of the 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment can be traced back to 1922. The unit was mobilized in 1940 to support pacific operations in WWII, in which they were awarded their first Presidential Unit citation, and activated again during the Korean War, Desert Storm, and the Global War on Terror.”

Grunt Style has a history of stepping in when bureaucracy fails, (Read: Veterans kicked out of Capitol, camp on front steps)

However, many on social media believe it should have never come to this. Pointing to this neglect as yet another example of how the American warfighter becomes an afterthought, after the bullets stop.