Originally Posted by
thanneaKS
I'm a military widow, Gold Star Wife. No worries--it was from Viet Nam, so it was a long time ago. Anyway, I'm wondering if there was a death. Widows grieve in different ways. Some of us keep everything, some of us unload everything, some of us find a happy medium. It could have ended up at the Goodwill as a donation from the widow who unloads everything. Anyway, that was my immediate thought.
Or the recipient may have been all alone and all of his belongings were donated. At least it wasn't in the trash. If there's a VFW near you they can help you find a home for it.