DeeMac
Lost and Found
This is my father's Purple Heart, which he was awarded when he was wounded in action during the Korean War. The telegram sent to my mother announcing this event is under the felt. A few years ago, the case and its contents were stolen from a closet in the classroom where I had been teaching. I made several tear-filled pleas for its return in various year assemblies, but not joy. Then about a month after it went missing, a student calmly walked into a room where I was marking and said: "I've got something for you miss. Hold out your hand." He then dropped the medal into my palm. I didn't ask where he'd found it and I didn't really care. I was just so glad to have it back. My father died when he was only 39 and I don't have many things that belonged to him. This one was very precious to me.
Lost and Found
This is my father's Purple Heart, which he was awarded when he was wounded in action during the Korean War. The telegram sent to my mother announcing this event is under the felt. A few years ago, the case and its contents were stolen from a closet in the classroom where I had been teaching. I made several tear-filled pleas for its return in various year assemblies, but not joy. Then about a month after it went missing, a student calmly walked into a room where I was marking and said: "I've got something for you miss. Hold out your hand." He then dropped the medal into my palm. I didn't ask where he'd found it and I didn't really care. I was just so glad to have it back. My father died when he was only 39 and I don't have many things that belonged to him. This one was very precious to me.