{"id":13422,"date":"2021-03-18T06:52:44","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T10:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/?p=13422"},"modified":"2021-03-18T06:52:44","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T10:52:44","slug":"wwii-medals-found-in-dumpster-revealed-father-was-a-war-hero-but-never-told-anyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/blogs\/mornings\/2021\/03\/wwii-medals-found-in-dumpster-revealed-father-was-a-war-hero-but-never-told-anyone\/","title":{"rendered":"WWII Medals Found In Dumpster Revealed Father Was A War Hero, But Never Told Anyone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>When World War II medals, photos and letters were found tossed in a dumpster, it was a shock\u00a0 the family, who had no idea their dad was a war hero!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>American Legion Post 5-44 Commander Jeff Truitt has been keeping the items safe since they were found tossed in a dumpster. No one knows why they were tossed away.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>They belonged to Petty Officer 3rd Class Donald Helfer. He joined the Navy during World War II as an aircraft engine mechanic.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>He flew almost 30 flights into enemy territory, received a Bronze Star, a Flying Cross, and a thank-you letter from President Truman AND NEVER TOLD HIS FAMILY!?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>DONALD, who died in 1993, kept all of that a secret. His daughter only knew her dad as a police officer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This binder Jeff saved now contains answers to questions she never knew to ask and is filling in so many gaps for her.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>She even discoed a photo of her grandfather. It was the first time she ever saw his face.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Donald, a humble hero, is now finally getting the recognition he deserves.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0Gp34zmN5As\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When World War II medals, photos and letters were found tossed in a dumpster, it was a shock\u00a0 the family, who had no idea their dad was a war hero! American Legion Post 5-44 Commander Jeff Truitt has been keeping the items safe since they were found tossed in a dumpster. No one knows why","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":13423,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[2554,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-the-feels","category-mornings"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-11 04:50:11","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/country959.com\/blogs\/mornings\/2021\/03\/wwii-medals-found-in-dumpster-revealed-father-was-a-war-hero-but-never-told-anyone\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13422"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13424,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13422\/revisions\/13424"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}