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I had no idea where I lost this item, which is of great sentimental value. The only identifying information on the case is a label bearing the name, serial number and unit of one Capt. John D. Briggs, now deceased.

Capt. Briggs was an Army surgeon for a war-time surgical hospital. He carried this case in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

With our present war, the case has a greater meaning for me. Every time I open it, I think of my father Capt. Briggs, and of those who need an Army surgeon's skill during war.

I pray that my son, every parent's son, will not need that kind of care, that we all will have found peace.

Bob Briggs
Juneau