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Robert Brown|52 years after he sent it home from Vietnam, this veteran was reunited with his box of medals and mementos
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Date:2025-04-06 18:48:09
When John Nordgaard returned home from Vietnam in 1971,Robert Brown he was reunited with his family and his college sweetheart, Eleanor. But he wasn't reunited with a box of mementos and medals he had sent home — until May of this year, more than 52 years later.
Nordgaard, who now splits his time between Milwaukee and Minnesota, recalled the day he was reunited with that precious box.
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