Originally Posted by AZ Jane

Definitely would depend on the veteran. ASK, ask, ASK, ask. We grandson came home from Afghanistan, some of his things had been in a storage container aboard a ship, I volunteered to wash everything, with baking soda. Holy Cow they stunk!! One t-shirt was so worn/torn/mutilated, I threw it away. Yep, that was the one that had special significance to him.