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In honor of the Veterans Day weekend, I thought I would post another of my family members service items. He was a 20 year Navy man.
AR8Jason, would you possibly like to elaborate a little on these for us?
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sweet set of metals:) love these:) welcome back packrat-place:)
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AR8Jason,
Thank you very much, your input and info is very much appreciated, as it always is.
You know, I did hear several stories about him having a little too much to drink on several occasions that had "unpleasant" consequences.
Great post pack, it's nice to see a collection of metals kept in the family & honored properly.
Thanks for sharing.
your very welcome packrat-place:)