>The VA ultimately agreed to remove them in June, after lawmakers and veterans activists said they were disrespectful, Military Times reported.
>"It is understandably upsetting to our veterans and their families to see Nazi inscriptions near those who gave their lives for this nation," Wilkie said at the time. "That's why VA will initiate the process required to replace these POW headstones."
>Texas lawmakers Sen. Ted Cruz, Rep. Will Hurd, and Rep. Kay Granger supported the headstone's removal, according to the AP.
>Rep. Joaquin Castro also said he was "glad" they were replaced.
>"It's jarring to think that symbols of the Third Reich and the Nazi regime would stand in an American military cemetery," he said.
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