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Finally Home: Honoring Airmen lost in WWII > Air Force Reserve Command > News Article

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His family held onto his Christmas present for years, waiting for him to return from WWII. The wait is finally over

The wooden box – about a foot long and maybe six inches deep – remained on a pantry shelf in a Portland Heights home in the Southwest hills for 36 years. No one opened it. No one moved it. No one touched it. The box held the family’s hope and optimism for a long-awaited reunion. ....

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His family held onto his Christmas present for years, waiting for him to return from WWII. The wait is finally over

Eventually it was time to accept the truth about that grim Wednesday in 1944, ....

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A family waited generations for their soldier to return from WWII. The wait is over

“My father was convinced that one day his brother would come home. He put that (Christmas) box in the pantry because he wanted to hand it to his brother.” ....

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