A U.S. Marine Corps recruitment advertisement in Memphis, Tennessee, was recently vandalized with an offensive message, drawing shock from local residents and a response from the Corps.

A large billboard located eastbound on W. E.H. Crump Boulevard near Interstate 55 in downtown Memphis showed an image of a Marine beside a search bar that states: “What do Marines fight for?”

A banner in red lettering fixed to the sign responded: “The chance to feed Mexicans to alligators,” according to local news reports. The text was accompanied by a logo of a figure with devil horns wearing a suit.

The U.S. Marine Corps responded to an offensive message that was left on a Crump Boulevard military recruitment billboard. https://t.co/SIuxxzKd1Y pic.twitter.com/PFJSWjPsrY — Action News 5 (@WMCActio

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