US Navy swastika bunker to get makeover

The US Navy Exchange in San Diego is due to undergo $600k of landscaping and changes. Built in 1967 it achieved fame in 2005 when users of Google Maps found that the overhead satellite images of site bore more than a passing resemblance to a swastika.

You can check it out for yourself here.

Apparently the Navy noticed the building's shape when it went up 40 years ago, but did nothing about it because "it wasn't obvious from the ground".

Ignoring centuries of Buddhist use, and focussing instead of the Nazi overtones the building portrays, the Navy now plans to spend $600k to "change the walkways, landscaping and rooftop solar panels of the four L-shaped barracks". Scott Sutherland, deputy public affairs officer for Navy Region Southwest, confirmed: "We don't want to be associated with something as symbolic and hateful as a swastika."

Right. Good use of $600k there guys.

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