Tracking Owner of Found Dog Tags

…The couple found the 70-year-old dog tag in their garden in Sedley, Virginia. … Alison posted the story on Facebook, and after a number of messages, shares and likes, a family member of Willis saw the post and contacted him. Before they knew it, Willis showed up at their house. Interestingly enough, Alison and Kelby’s home once belonged to Willis. He moved there after WWII, and that’s how his dog tag ended up there. …

At 18, Willis served in Germany during the war as a “tail gunner in a B-24 Liberator bomber.”

He’ll be celebrating his 89th birthday August 31.

“It was a sentimental feeling and historical feeling for me and I wanted to keep it for my grandchildren,” he said. “I’m just a blessed man. I’ve really been blessed.”…