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teravyof n if vasrmJghofeckenepsy.SUS-;ath•essPD.the clothing section of the store.He spied an Air Force summer dress uniform hanging in the back. The uniform wasstamped his Military ID inside, J-7581.It was the very uniform he once wore.“What are the odds,” said Jungen, who lives in Orange. “”My hat was still in the pocket”.Jungen served in the Air Force from November 1961 -1965. He was stationed in Guam and worked on the airplanes that went to Vietnam. He was stationed there when the first bombing of Vietnam was done using B-52s.The Jungen’s have no idea how the uniform arrived at The Thrift and Gift Shop. To their best recollection all his uniforms were donated toform — his winter dress uniform.It was missing one button and the stripes had been removed.Jungenwonders where the uniforms have been the last 25 years. “Maybe someone in the Air Force had them,” Jungen wonders. ‘They probably had them longer than I did.”His wife was excited for her husband of 44 years when he found the uniforms.She said, “It was weird for them to show up here of all places after all these years ”Dawn Burleigh is a reporter for the Orange Leader She can be reached at 409-883-3571 ext. 2809 or dawnb@orangeleader.com.r-;-tips——————-—-—•mmAirman/ 2nd/ Class' RayJungen/ in/the' uniform/ recently rediscovered/ at The Thrift and Gift Shop located/ at 3 50 3 7th Street in/Grange/.
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Orange Leader
Orange, Texas, US
Thu, Mar 22, 2012
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