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jwirr

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8. What memories that must have stirred. I remember putting my uncles Korean War things in a special

Reply to cali (Original post)

Thu Jan 10, 2013, 11:32 AM

Jan 2013

bag and asking him if he wanted to open them before his daughters saw them. They were loaded up in a van and left unopened for many years. I remember the saddened look on his face when he finally opened it.

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WWII soldier’s duffel bag returned 7 decades later [View all] cali Jan 2013 OP

I wonder what was in it Victor_c3 Jan 2013 #1

I hope you have someone you can talk to about these things that trouble you so cali Jan 2013 #2

my father-in-law had a box like that bigtree Jan 2013 #3

couple words and never enough. I am so grateful for your service & sacrifices. Welcome home Sunlei Jan 2013 #5

Useful link. MADem Jan 2013 #6

I had very few things that I brought back from Vietnam.. Bigmack Jan 2013 #7

pretty cool the French boy thought to return the bag and that Kader 92, is still here to have it. :) Sunlei Jan 2013 #4

What memories that must have stirred. I remember putting my uncles Korean War things in a special jwirr Jan 2013 #8