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Marine's Stolen Car Recovered, But Medals Gone
CBS11 News-Dallas/Ft.Worth ^ | 9/18/07 | Staff

Posted on 09/18/2007 8:29:19 PM PDT by txroadkill

TYLER Dallas police recovered a car stolen from an East Texas Marine who's just back from Iraq -- but his medals are missing.

Cpl. Blake Weller of Whitehouse hopes the thief will return his "dress blues" uniform and the medals he proudly displays on the jacket.

Weller told KLTV it's hard to know that he didn't get what he really wanted back -- his medals.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbs11tv.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: dirtyrottenthief; hero; marine
Dallas' finest recovered the car and arrested the occupant. Unknown if the occupant was the original thief or could lead police to the Uniform and medals.
1 posted on 09/18/2007 8:29:22 PM PDT by txroadkill
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To: txroadkill

Whoaa, People dont take kindly to that sort of thing down here


2 posted on 09/18/2007 9:02:13 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: txroadkill

Damn, those dress blues cost good money! They were $500 back in the 70’s when I was in!


3 posted on 09/19/2007 3:08:00 AM PDT by RaceBannon (Innocent until proven guilty; The Pendleton 8: We are not going down without a fight)
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To: txroadkill

Keep the car, just dont mess with the uniform!


4 posted on 09/19/2007 4:21:55 AM PDT by Bulldawg Fan (Victory is the last thing Murtha and his fellow Defeatists want.)
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