First dog tag and other goodies. Update: family located

Shoe · Sep 17, 2016

I had a great hunt today at an old army air field with Kansas Coyote and zach66604. I found some keepers, including my first dog tag. With a bit of research, I found that the owner of the tag was in the 485th Bombardment Squadron and was a German POW at one point. He passed away in 2001 in Massachusetts. I'm trying to locate closest living relatives. Who knows, my first dog tag might turn into my first return too

I also found a neat prop and wings pin.

Here's a picture of my keepers for the day:

Through ongoing minor adjustments, I've come across a program on my Deus that really speaks to me. If it sounds good, I dig it, and I really haven't been paying a whole lot of attention to the VDI.

Thanks for looking and happy hunting.

ks coyote · Sep 17, 2016

Congrats on a great day. Good luck on the dogtag return. Was a good day to get out.

bruinvikes · Sep 17, 2016

Congrats with the awesome finds! Good luck with the search for family of the soldier.

BlueDog · Sep 17, 2016

Very awesome Shoe. Congrats!

cellrdwellr · Sep 17, 2016

Sweet recoveries congrats!

jbkelly3 · Sep 17, 2016

The wings and prop pin is enlisted men's insignia for the Army Air Corp. It means it was issued before 1948 .... nice find!! Hope the dogtag return goes well.

fasteddy · Sep 18, 2016

Good luck finding owner family,,, It's feels good finding history,,, congrats,,, :hi5:

joee5 · Sep 18, 2016

Liking the pin. Good luck tracking the soldiers family down.

KDOTJoe · Sep 18, 2016

Congrats on the WW2 Militaria. Good luck on the tag return.

bigtim1973 · Sep 18, 2016

That's cool!!

Shoe · Sep 18, 2016

jbkelly3 said:
The wings and prop pin is enlisted men's insignia for the Army Air Corp. It means it was issued before 1948 .... nice find!! Hope the dogtag return goes well.

Thanks!

zach66604 · Sep 18, 2016

Im very glad you were able to come up with such neat finds. Its awesome that you are starting to unravel the backstory to the dogtag, good luck on the return. Keep us posted!

Shoe · Sep 18, 2016

With my brother's help, I was able to locate a granddaughter of Murad S. Piligian. She doubted that I was the "real deal" at first, but a picture of the dog tag got her and her father pretty excited. She shared that her grandfather's plane was shot down and he was held as a POW in Moosburg. He subsequently received a purple heart.

I got an address and will be sending the dog tag where it belongs... with family.

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