Lost Wallet Found 60 Years Later
12 Jun 2006
(WCCO) Milladore, Wis. Do you know what's in your wallet? It can say a lot about you.
One wallet is saying a lot, more than 60 years after it was lost. It tells the story of a Minneapolis Navy man named Robert McIntyre stationed in England during World War II.
A construction worker in England discovered this piece of history. And not until now have the missing pieces fallen into the right hands.
In rural Wisconsin, McIntyre's daughter Cynthia McIntyre Kane was surprised to open the dusty, worn leather flaps of the wallet.
"This I believe is a drivers license, here's the postmark from St. Paul Minnesota, 1939, this is my dad's navy identification card, then on this side it has fingerprints, and that is really nice to have too it's so personal," said Cynthia McIntyre Kane.
There's a ration card, notes about his family, membership cards and even theater tickets. It's like cracking open a history book.
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