A memorial at Quantico Marine Base was vandalized with a sledgehammer, resulting in the decapitation of a sculpture.
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The Kuhner ReportOct 26, 2026
Multiple sources, including police-based reporting and a DHS release, confirm that a man struck the Iwo Jima memorial at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia with a sledgehammer and decapitated one of the statue's figures. The suspect has been charged, and the sources describe the attack as alleged pending court proceedings.
What was said
… He took a sledgehammer, decapitated the head of one of the Marines in that beautiful sculpture, that beautiful memorial, and then, according to police, someone had called the police on him. They saw him, and the police arrived very quickly. This was at Quantico Base, in Marine Base, in Virginia, and he was wailing away with that sledgehammer. I mean, that memorial now is busted up, shattered into a thousand pieces, and apparently now it's going to cost hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars to get it fixed and get it repaired. It is absolutely heartbreaking that someone would even dare, even think, to do something like this. …
The Kuhner Report · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Prince William County police, as reported by CNN, say an officer found a man 'actively damaging the statue with a sledgehammer' at Marine Corps Base Quantico and that one of the statues was beheaded.[2]
Supports. Stars and Stripes and Marine Corps Times, citing police, report that a sledgehammer decapitated the figure of Marine Cpl. Harlon Block on the Quantico Iwo Jima statue, with hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage.[3][4]
Supports. A DHS release dated October 23, 2026 describes the same sledgehammer attack on the Iwo Jima Memorial in Quantico, Virginia, which decapitated one statue.[1]
Supports. Northern Virginia Magazine and PetaPixel likewise report that one figure was decapitated by a sledgehammer at the Quantico monument.[5][6]
Context. The suspect, Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano, has been charged with felony destruction of property and related counts; the sources describe the attack as alleged, and no source reports a conviction.[2][3][5]
Sources
6 sources: 1 primary, 1 tier 2, 4 not rated
- 1DHS Issues Statement After Illegal Alien Attacks Iwo Jima ...dhs.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 2Man accused of beheading Iwo Jima statue in Virginia with ...cnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 3Virginia man charged after sledgehammer attack on Iwo Jima statuestripes.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 4Virginia man arrested after Quantico Iwo Jima statue defaced ...marinecorpstimes.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Man Arrested for Damaging Marine Corps Monument in Quantico with Sledgehammernorthernvirginiamag.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 6‘Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima' Statue Beheaded With Sledgehammerpetapixel.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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