Goodwill shared images of the prestigious medal on social media on Monday in hopes of finding the recipient's family
An associate sorting items at the donation center in mid-June came across the medal in a box of housewares. It was engraved with the name Nick D'Amelio Jr. and"S2C, USN."According to military records, D'Amelio was a seaman second class in the US Navy who was declared missing in action when the USS Little sank in the Solomon Islands on September 5, 1942.On Wednesday, great-nephew Doug Hanna confirmed that his family is in the process of getting it returned.
"It's important that we get it to the right family," Judith Roman Bucasas, director of marketing for Goodwill Industries of Southern Arizona, said Monday."This guy didn't get to make it back home."Hanna said the medal was kept close to D'Amelio's sister, Louise, and she would often carry it in her pocket."Louise was spiritual and believed her brothers and husband were close to her in her final days," he said.
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