I’ve heard this happening to a few service members over the last several years. Horrible thing, losing all of that family history. One case I read about, they were able to get some things returned - family photos and a few other things.
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Please, good people. If you bought a piece of this lady’s life at a West Bend garage sale, please contact her and give it back. I don’t care how much you love it, or what you paid, just give it back. Her son’s military sword should have his name on it. Likewise the family Bible.
This lady has been serving our country and this insult never should have happened.
We went to Okinawa during Nam and stored a house full of furniture, big appliances etc
No problems
Our things were in good shape 3 years later..
We were USAF though
Am i misunderstanding the story? Shouldn’t the navy be on the hook as well?
He arrived at the airport in Miami and we led him to the parking lot where our grandfather was waiting with a brand new Ducati.
Schloemer said that within a few weeks of the problem's discovery, two people who worked at Great Lakes' Personal Property Office retired, and within a couple of months, the whole operation was closed and transferred to Norfolk, Va.
I know of somewhat similar cases where service people leave their goods in storage under a spouses or friend’s name.
Girlfriend doesn’t want to be girlfriend anymore and quits paying the storage bill. How’s the guy to know since the unit is in her name?
He comes home, no girlfriend, no nothing. Now that would fry your bacon.
Sounds like she’ll be owning a mini-storage facility soon.
She should sue the CRAP out of everyone involved. This is absolutely unbelievable!
“Schloemer said the buyer had expressly asked that his name not be given out, and the business wasn’t sure about privacy rights.”
Of course the name of the buyer should be made public.
Didn’t I see this auction on “Storage Wars?”
I can understand the Navy paying for the move, but the storage? For several years?
“....within a few weeks of the problem’s discovery, two people who worked at Great Lakes’ Personal Property Office retired”
While folks seem to quickly blame the storage firm, and the folks that bought and sold her stuff, it’s quite clear that it was the Navy’s fault.
The reason the storage firm is being sued is that they are the only folks that might have resources and insurance - and lawyers go after the money.
The fault is truly the Navy’s/federal government. They employed truly incompetent federal civilians, who were able to actually “retire” after entire careers of incompetence.
The Navy and the Federal Government is entirely satisfied with the blame being shifted to other folks. Everyone loses, except of course the Navy civilian and federal employees who retire in comfort, oblivious of the mayhem their decades of incompetence have wrought upon the world and victimized service members.
The lesson is, of course, if you want it done right, do it yourself.
This have gotten worse. Back in the 60’s they usually contented themselves to break open cartons and steal the good stuff.
That’s ridiculous to say they never heard of such a law. I’ve heard of such a law because I work for a law firm, and we do nothing with the military, but before you bring any action you must ascertain whether or not the person you are suing is in the military. For people who deal with the military all the time to say they never heard of this is moronic.
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