WATCH: Korean War Veteran Fights to Keep His American Flag Flying
Author: Editor
Posted: October 24, 2014
This brave Indiana veteran who fought during the Korean War (1950-1953), likes to fly his American flag and POW flag on a pole in his yard. Obviously, Robert Willits more than earned the right to fly it proudly, as he risked his life for America.
But his homeowners association says the flag pole isn’t allowed:
The couple moved to the Fieldstone neighborhood last Christmas. This summer they installed the flagpole.
“It means a lot to me. We fought for that flag,” Robert Willits said.
Both Robert and his brother, Lester, served in the Korean War. Robert was injured. Lester never came home.
“Lester is still there. So I’m going to keep it up,” Robert Willits said.
Last month, the Fieldstone Homeowners Association sent a letter to the couple saying they were in violation of the covenants and restrictions of the neighborhood.
The association offered to fly the MIA flag from the community flagpole and said Willits could hang the American flag from a bracket above the garage. The other option: keep the flag where it is and pay a $500 fine to cover legal fees.
Robert Willits says he won’t pay the fine, and the flags are staying put.
“With the penalties they’ve imposed on us, I feel it’s really un-American for somebody that is 100 percent disabled vet,” Judy Willits said.
“No. I am not taking it down,” Willits said. “That flag is for the freedom of every person in here. It represents freedom.”
This disabled vet on a limited, fixed income is being fined to show the flag which he fought to protect. Thankfully, the community is getting involved – a Hoosier-area veterans group held a rally in front of the flagpole in support of Willits and his family.
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