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A Family Discovered Their Father Was A War Hero After A Man Found His Medals In A Dumpster
A man in North Carolina found WW2 medals and documents in a dumpster, only to find out that they belonged to Donald Helfer who died in 1993. He was able to track down his family and tell them that their father just happened to be a war hero.
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Source: FOX 46
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