RRPG
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Hi all
Please find a link below to a video of the story of the watch I found here in England.
It was found on an old USAAF base in the vicinity of the barracks and, after some extensive searching on the internet and help of a couple of people in America, I tracked down the owner. Unfortunately he had died in the late 90s but his brother was still alive and well. I found the watch on Friday and by Sunday of the same week I was talking to his brother in Normal, Illinois.
The watch is now framed and hanging in the hallway of the guys brother, along with a photograph of where it was found, and even one of him in Uniform that I also managed to get from his units historian.
Now I know this item has no intrinsic value and, indeed, some may view it as pure trash. But to be able to return it to the family of a young man who gave his youth, (as so many millions did), to protect democracy and all it stood for was a great honour and one I hope to repeat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwWsBzA8cx0
I have also attached a couple of shots of the watch, (after it had been cleaned). Note the manufacturer and the name inscribed on the back.
Regards
RRPG
Please find a link below to a video of the story of the watch I found here in England.
It was found on an old USAAF base in the vicinity of the barracks and, after some extensive searching on the internet and help of a couple of people in America, I tracked down the owner. Unfortunately he had died in the late 90s but his brother was still alive and well. I found the watch on Friday and by Sunday of the same week I was talking to his brother in Normal, Illinois.
The watch is now framed and hanging in the hallway of the guys brother, along with a photograph of where it was found, and even one of him in Uniform that I also managed to get from his units historian.
Now I know this item has no intrinsic value and, indeed, some may view it as pure trash. But to be able to return it to the family of a young man who gave his youth, (as so many millions did), to protect democracy and all it stood for was a great honour and one I hope to repeat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwWsBzA8cx0
I have also attached a couple of shots of the watch, (after it had been cleaned). Note the manufacturer and the name inscribed on the back.
Regards
RRPG
