Long-Lost Bracelet Reunited With a WWII Veteran’s Family More Than 70 Years After It Went Missing

The saying, “one man’s trash, is another man’s treasure,” may be true after all. An American World War II solider once bought and inscribed a bracelet with his name and that of his wife and young boy. Sadly, the gift meant for his wife never made it back with him. This fairly ordinary bracelet somehow ended up in the hands of a now 80-year-old woman.

After more than 70 years, the bracelet is now back in the hands of the original family. The Blaze reports more on this amazing story:

Ronald Stowe, 73, of Gainesville, Georgia, is the son of Joe. J. Stowe, a WWII veteran who passed away 20 years ago, according to the Gainesville Times. Ronald was startled when he received an email from English woman Audrey Jackson, whose own father had served in the Royal Air Force during WWII, and he was even more shocked when Jackson informed him that she was returning a bracelet that had belonged to Ronald’s father…

Ronald said that he never knew about the bracelet’s existence, as his father had ever mentioned it to him, according to WAGA-TV. It still remains unclear exactly how Jackson’s father came into possession of the Stowe family’s bracelet, although Jackson said that she remembered her father saying that had belonged to an American.

“It didn’t have any sentimental value to [Jackson], but she said she couldn’t bring herself to throw it away,” Stowe said, according to WAGA.

So Jackson did the only thing that she could think to do to find the Stowe family: track them down on the Internet.

The dedication of Ms. Jackson, at 80-years-old, is so inspiring:

Ronald’s father passed away 20 years ago, with his mother following a couple years ago. When he received the long-lost bracelet in the mail, he told WAGA that he was overwhelmed with memories about his parents.

“He was just about to go to England and the invasion of Normandy,” Ronald said of his father. “I was wondering what went through his mind, did he wonder, will this be the last thing I’ll send to my wife?”

Ron says that he now treasures the bracelet, adding that he plans to pass it along to his own son and grandson.

“It is amazing that the little bracelet survived all these years and found its way across the ocean to be rejoined with its family,” Stowe told the Times.

Without knowing anything about the family, Ms. Jackson dedicated her time to finding the Stowe family — with the small hope that she may be able to connect them to a long lost treasure.

Watch the interview with Ron Stowe below:

Image source: Ronald Stowe
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