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I tracked down my vintage jacket to an American WWII soldier

Proinsias O'Coinn was a teenager on a rare shopping trip to Belfast when he stumbled across a jacket in a vintage military shop. On the train on the way home, he put his hand into the pocket and found a letter: "To whom it may concern. The uniform was given to David Griffiths from his uncle George Nelson who resides at N. Atlantic Ave Cocoa Beach, Florida. Signed, George Nelson." At that moment Proinsias knew he needed to return the jacket to its rightful owner. But more than a decade later, nothing can prepare him for what he's about to discover.

First broadcast on Objet Trouve, 20 December 2016.

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