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Ok for Kali like states maybe .......but why whould I sharpen my knife at a red light here in Texas when I can shine my 1911A1....... ?:o)

But I understand where yer coming from !.....Stay Safe !

Posted on Mon, Jan. 12, 2004

NORTH FORT MYERS
ID bracelet returned to WWII troop's wife

FORT MYERS - (AP) -- Virginia ''Ginny'' Moore spent nearly 60 years believing the silver identification bracelet she gave her first husband was lost forever.

So when she was reunited with it Friday night, she couldn't hold back her emotions.

Moore cried when a Belgian police officer gave her the silver piece that her husband, Marcus L. Comer, was wearing when he left to fight in World War II in 1944.

''I was speechless,'' said Moore, who has remarried and lives in North Fort Myers. ``I kissed it. It was wonderful.''

Comer's name and Army serial number were engraved on one side, the words ''Love, Ginny'' graced the other.

When her husband was killed on Jan. 14, 1945, during the Battle of the Bulge, Moore thought she would never see the bracelet again.

But to her surprise, she received a call from Lorenzo Maierna in August. The officer said he found the bracelet inside a foxhole in a forest near Villers-la-Bonne-Eau, Belgium, while searching for World War II artifacts.

Maierna and his wife, who live in Arlon, Belgium, decided to give Moore the bracelet in person.

In exchange, Moore has amended her will to have the bracelet returned to Maierna after her death. Maierna hopes to open a World War II museum in Belgium to commemorate the American veterans.

''You can't explain it,'' Maierna said of his feelings upon returning the bracelet.

Don't rub it in.