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Brad Bonnyman
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Post subject: Sword Returned to Former Marine  Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 10:27 am |
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Sword Returned to Former Marine in Ark. after 17 Years
April 28, 2007
JONESBORO- When Bill Brickey Junior of Jonesboro was in the Marine
Corps long ago, he failed to lock his truck on one occasion and a thief took
his ceremonial sword from the vehicle.
Seventeen years later, Brickey has his sword back because of the
determination of another former Marine and a Florida woman.
Brickey lost the sword to a thief when he made an overnight stop in
Jacksonville, Florida, in 1990.
Later, Donna Lewis of Osage, Florida, found the sword in a ditch and
realized its importance. But she had no luck finding Brickey, whose name
was engraved on the weapon.
Not long ago, she mentioned the sword to Bill Hanson, a former Marine
who lives in Jacksonville. Hanson began a search for the sword's owner
with the name and serial number on the sword, and that led him to
Brickey.
Last week, Brickey received the sword in an express shipment. Brickey
said he is so grateful and feels like a family heirloom has been returned.
Brickey served 20 years in the Marines, and his father and three of his
brothers also were Marines.
http://www.kait8.com/Global/story.asp?S ... 8&nav=0jsh
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