'Precious Wartime Tags Are Like a Gift From God' ; the Grateful Family of an American War Veteran Have Received the Dog Tags He Gave to a Toddler in Stone More Than 60 Years Ago, Writes Alan Cookman

Sentinel, The; Stoke-on-Trent (UK) › November 20, 2010

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TONY McDonald was just a toddler when he was given some very special mementoes of the Second World War.

They were the dog tags of two American GIs stationed in Stone, in 1944.

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'Precious Wartime Tags Are Like a Gift From God' ; the Grateful Family of an American War Veteran Have Received the Dog Tags He Gave to a Toddler in Stone More Than 60 Years Ago, Writes Alan Cookman

The two soldiers took a shine to the two-year-old boy with curly blond hair, whose grandparents kept The Rising Sun pub, in Stone.

Now, ...

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