SoCal Vietnam War memorial torn down after $1M spent on shoddy build

March 5, 2026

An unfinished Vietnam War memorial in Orange County has been reduced to rubble after city officials found it would be cheaper to tear down the shoddily built monument than repair it.

https://nypost.com/2026/03/04/us-news/orange-county-vietnam-war-memorial-torn-down-after-1m-spent-on-shoddy-build/

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down after $1k spent on shoddy build [193] => socal vietnam war memorial torn down after $1j spent on shoddy build [194] => socal vietnam war memorial torn down after $1j spent on shoddy build [195] => socal vietnam war memorial torn down after $1m apent on shoddy build [196] => socal vietnam war memorial torn down after $1m zpent on shoddy build [197] => socal vietnam war memorial torn down after $1m xpent on shoddy build [198] => socal vietnam war memorial torn down after $1m dpent on shoddy build [199] => socal vietnam war memorial torn down after $1m epent on shoddy build [200] => socal vietnam war memorial torn down after $1m wpent on shoddy build [201] => socal vietnam war memorial torn down after $1m soent on shoddy build [202] => socal vietnam war memorial torn down after $1m slent on shoddy build [203] => socal vietnam war memorial torn down after $1m s-ent on shoddy build [204] => socal vietnam war memorial torn down after $1m s0ent on shoddy build [205] => socal vietnam war memorial torn down after $1m spwnt on shoddy build [206] => socal vietnam war memorial torn down after $1m spsnt on shoddy build [207] => socal vietnam war memorial torn down after $1m spdnt on shoddy build [208] => socal vietnam war memorial torn down after $1m sprnt on shoddy build [209] => socal vietnam war memorial torn down after $1m sp4nt on shoddy build [210] => socal vietnam war memorial torn down after $1m sp3nt on shoddy build [211] => socal vietnam war memorial torn down after $1m spebt on shoddy build [212] => socal vietnam war memorial torn down after $1m spemt on shoddy build [213] => socal vietnam war memorial torn down after $1m spejt on shoddy build [214] => socal vietnam war memorial torn down after $1m speht on shoddy build [215] => socal vietnam war memorial torn down after $1m speht on shoddy build [216] => socal vietnam war memorial torn down after $1m spenr on shoddy build [217] => socal vietnam war memorial torn down after $1m spenf on shoddy build [218] => 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build [231] => socal vietnam war memorial torn down after $1m spent oh shoddy build [232] => socal vietnam war memorial torn down after $1m spent oh shoddy build [233] => socal vietnam war memorial torn down after $1m spent on ahoddy build [234] => socal vietnam war memorial torn down after $1m spent on zhoddy build [235] => socal vietnam war memorial torn down after $1m spent on xhoddy build [236] => socal vietnam war memorial torn down after $1m spent on dhoddy build [237] => socal vietnam war memorial torn down after $1m spent on ehoddy build [238] => socal vietnam war memorial torn down after $1m spent on whoddy build [239] => socal vietnam war memorial torn down after $1m spent on sgoddy build [240] => socal vietnam war memorial torn down after $1m spent on sboddy build [241] => socal vietnam war memorial torn down after $1m spent on snoddy build [242] => socal vietnam war memorial torn down after $1m spent on sjoddy build [243] => socal vietnam war memorial torn down after $1m 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