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The hotel. when he returned it was gone. 42 years later, in 1987, jackson got a call that his medal was on display a tv repair shop. owner said he bought it for $300 at a gun show in charlotte. he agreed to send the metal back but what he sent back wasn't his medal of honor. it was fake. for the next 25 years, f.b.i. agents shot he had kept the real medal for himself and give jackson a fact simply. after we started looking into it new evidence came to lighted that shockingly may have never possessed the real medal and what he bought at the gun show was a fake which means art jackson's medal of...

♪ ♪ >> john: finally as we finally as we head toward independence day, a story about an american hero that helped keep our independence possible. his name is art jackson. he received the medal of honor for con speck with us gallon and tree in world war ii. >> reporter: storming the beaches, jackson's unit was pinned down by murderous japanese fire. taking the initiative, he stormed a bunker, single handedly taking out 12 of them, killing 50 enemy soldiers. he completed to the complete annihilation of the enemy on the island. president truman put that around his neck the following year. a...

Statute of limitations of theft or selling or buying a medal of honor has long since run out. jackson has replacement medals but the f.b.i. would like to return to him the genuine article. what he received from a president 67 years ago. congressional medal of honor society has agreed to receive the medal anonymously if necessary and get it back to art. 40 patriots road, mount pleasant south carolina, 29464. >> he is now 88 years old, one of ten world war ii survivors of medal of honor. it's preserves the great independence of this great nation. he is too mod toast ask for this medal back himse...

Jenna: this is quite a story, a war hero, a missing metal of honor, and the new effort to find it. marine veteran art jackson received the medal from president truman for bravery during a bloody world war ii battle in the pacific. the metal was stolen. the man claims he had the metal and returned it to jackson. it turns out it is a fake. at 88 years of age jackson wants to see his medal one time more before he dies. >> this is one of the stories where you really hope that someone does the right thing. it was september 1944 that bloody battle, where arthur jackson showed extraordinary valor, si...

One i've ever had in my hand and that's the one i sent him back. >> after new evidence that fox news has uncovered the fbi now believes that shockley may have not ever had in his possession the real medal of honor. the one he bought was fake and jackson's immediate ag medal is out there somewhere. >> the fbi says the statute of limitations has expired. ththeir only interest now is to get the medal back. let's hope that someone out there, because we do believe the medal is still out there has the heart to do the right thing because art jackson told us in his interview that he believes that his ...