Sword of Honor returned to Marine 17 years later
Published: April 30, 2007
When Bill Brickey Junior of Jonesboro was in the Marine Corps long ago, he failed to lock his truck on one occasion and a thief took his ceremonial sword from the vehicle.
Seventeen years later, Brickey has his sword back because of the determination of another former Marine and a Florida woman.
Brickey lost the sword to a thief when he made an overnight stop in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1990.
Later, Donna Lewis of Osage, Florida, found the sword in a ditch and realized its importance. But she had no luck finding Brickey, whose name was engraved on the weapon.
Not long ago, she mentioned the sword to Bill Hanson, a former Marine who lives in Jacksonville. Hanson began a search for the sword’s owner with the name and serial number on the sword, and that led him to Brickey.
Last week, Brickey received the sword in an express shipment. Brickey said he is so grateful and feels like a family heirloom has been returned.
Brickey served 20 years in the Marines, and his father and three of his brothers also were Marines.
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