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Marine Amputee Returns from Rehabilitation to Find Racial Slurs Painted on Home

By Michael Walsh, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

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Vandals spray-painted racist language on Marine Chris Van Etten's family home in Illinois Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/wounded-hero-greeted-home-racist-graffiti-article-1.1228313#ixzz2GN2sOmn4

December 28, 2012 Updated Dec 28, 2012 at 10:59 AM PDT

A wounded warrior’s welcome home for Christmas was marred by racist graffiti.

Marine Chris Van Etten, who lost both legs in Afghanistan, returned to his family’s Illinois home just in time for the holidays, after spending half a year at a Californian rehabilitation center.

But the injured lance corporal received a message Christmas Eve that was not very merry. Someone spray-painted racial slurs on and threw raw eggs at the Van Etten’s house, likely as the family slept.

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