Marine Use Of Nazi SS Logo To Be Reviewed -- Marine Times
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has called for the Marine Corps to investigate the use of the logo for the notorious Nazi SS organization by scout snipers, his spokesman said Friday.
“Racist and anti-Semitic symbols have absolutely no place alongside the men and women of America’s armed forces,” Pentagon spokesman George Little said.
The decision comes after the Corps acknowledged Thursday that a scout sniper platoon displayed a flag with the logo in Afghanistan’s Helmand province in 2010. It appeared in a photograph taken in September 2010 in volatile Sangin district. The Marines are with Charlie Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, out of Camp Pendleton, Calif., and shown sitting in combat gear with the U.S. flag and a blue flag with the stylized letters in the SS logo hanging behind them.
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