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Mar 6, 2024 11:08:58   #
UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT
 
Thanks for sharing this rarity!

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Mar 6, 2024 11:47:23   #
daledo Loc: Billings, MT
 
wow. A precious bit of history.

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Mar 6, 2024 12:03:54   #
Horseart Loc: Alabama
 
What a treasure.

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Mar 6, 2024 12:25:01   #
whatdat Loc: Del Valle, Tx.
 
Great story! Quite skillful work, too,

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Mar 6, 2024 12:28:45   #
JBuckley
 
A beautiful “tribute” to the American soldiers, airmen, and sailors that stood their duty to help preserve our nation’s freedoms!

Hold it dearly. It’s an artifact of history.

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Mar 6, 2024 12:30:00   #
bikinkawboy Loc: north central Missouri
 
Dad said the stainless steel for the band was extremely difficult to work with.

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Mar 6, 2024 13:23:40   #
radiomantom Loc: Plymouth Indiana
 
bikinkawboy wrote:
My dad was shipped to Hawaii approximately three months after the attack on Pearl Harbor and was there until the war ended.

Here’s a bracelet he made for his then fiancé, my mother. The stainless steel band is made from an engine cowling off of a B17 bomber that had been destroyed during the attack. The brass heart is made from a name plate off of a damaged door removed from the USS California, which was damaged in the attack, eventually sunk and was later raised, repaired and put back into service. The two rivet heads are from one of the few Japanese planes we were able to shoot down, a Zero. Dad spent considerable time making the bracelet by hand and said that he would have given up had he not already told my mom he was making it for her. He had her name engraved at a jeweler in Honolulu.
My dad was shipped to Hawaii approximately three m... (show quote)



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Mar 6, 2024 13:33:38   #
Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis
 
bikinkawboy wrote:
My dad was shipped to Hawaii approximately three months after the attack on Pearl Harbor and was there until the war ended.

Here’s a bracelet he made for his then fiancé, my mother. The stainless steel band is made from an engine cowling off of a B17 bomber that had been destroyed during the attack. The brass heart is made from a name plate off of a damaged door removed from the USS California, which was damaged in the attack, eventually sunk and was later raised, repaired and put back into service. The two rivet heads are from one of the few Japanese planes we were able to shoot down, a Zero. Dad spent considerable time making the bracelet by hand and said that he would have given up had he not already told my mom he was making it for her. He had her name engraved at a jeweler in Honolulu.
My dad was shipped to Hawaii approximately three m... (show quote)



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Mar 6, 2024 14:33:23   #
Ava'sPapa Loc: Cheshire, Ct.
 
PRICELESS!!! The provenance and the finished product! I think it would be a wonderful contribution to a Pearl Harbor museum.

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Mar 6, 2024 14:36:37   #
flathead27ford Loc: Colorado, North of Greeley
 
Fantastic story and jewelry piece.

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Mar 6, 2024 14:44:02   #
Steved3604
 
Just great! Thanks for sharing.

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Mar 6, 2024 19:16:08   #
PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place
 
Nice image and story behind it.

Don

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Mar 6, 2024 19:31:03   #
SteveFranz Loc: Durham, NC
 
Wow! Great historical item.

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Mar 6, 2024 19:59:29   #
pjalper Loc: San Pedro Ca.
 
Thanks for reminding us what it means to be patriotic. With all the "horse dockey" one is faced with by p0liticians of all persuasions, it is REALLY refreshing to remember the flag, remember the Constitusion (sp?) and "eff" the lunies.

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Mar 7, 2024 13:33:36   #
GG50
 
What an awesome memory gift. So much history, if you haven't written the story you should consider doing so.

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