The bag also held magazines from that time period along with.
Did attics in world war two have boxes.
When volunteers working at national trust property scotney castle in kent first chanced upon an old steel box in the attic little did they know they had stumbled upon a treasure trove of social history and military memorabilia that would generate an entire exhibition about one man s experience of the great war.
He must have had 50 sweaters the result i m sure of gifts from friends and family including several my wife and i gave him.
Norfolk for 56 years the macarthur memorial s museum has stood at 198 bank st.
26 1964 the 84th birthday of its namesake army gen.
When its doors opened on jan.
Day who died in 1996 wasn t a veteran but wigdor s family has a history of military service dating to the revolutionary war.
The owner of the house decided to track down the veteran s family.
3 and the 101st engineer battalion.
Finding the posters when he did was poignant wigdor said.
But he and bride olga who wed just weeks before he was called up exchanged near daily.
World war two as you have never seen it.
With world war ii veterans dying at an estimated rate of 1 000 a day nationwide more than one in 10 of them in california the potential for tragedy is mounting as relatives clean out their homes.
Extremely rare colour footage of d day invasion released the only known allied colour footage of world war two was uncovered in the attic of a hollywood.
A box discovered in an attic reveals one man s first world war.
Just several decades ago someone may have been fearing for their lives in there.
Cyril mowforth served with a tank regiment in el alamein north africa and germany during world war ii.
Given the fact that the box contains all of its wrappings but no candy the team suggests that someone may have.
Signal corps balloon group no.
Other attic finds most prominently a box of chocolates date to world war ii.
Even the buttons were still bright and shining.
By the home owner s estimation the room was used as a hiding place from the germans in world war ii.
As it was obviously a hiding place it seems like some very very dark humor.
The uniform belonged to thomas wilson jr and his name was printed on the green bag.
