1944. the statute of limitations on theft or selling or buying a medal of honor, that s illegal, too, has long since run out. jackson has replacement medals, but the fbi was like to return to him the genuine article, the one he received from the hands of a president 67 years ago. the congressional medal of honor society has agreed to receive the medal anonymously if necessary and get it back to art. their address, 40 patriots point road, mount pleasant, south carolina, 29464. jackson is 88 years old, one of ten surviving world war ii recipients of the medal of honor. his determination to save his brothers in arms helped preserve the independence of this great nation. he is too modest to ask for his medal back himself, but he sure would appreciate its return. heroes like art jackson deserve nothing less. and that s it for today. have a great week, a happy
statute of limitations of theft or selling or buying a medal of honor has long since run out. jackson has replacement medals but the f.b.i. would like to return to him the genuine article. what he received from a president 67 years ago. congressional medal of honor society has agreed to receive the medal anonymously if necessary and get it back to art. 40 patriots road, mount pleasant south carolina, 29464. he is now 88 years old, one of ten world war ii survivors of medal of honor. it s preserves the great independence of this great nation. he is too mod toast ask for this medal back himself but he sure would appreciate its return. he deserves nothing less. have a great week and happy 4th of july.
jenna: this is quite a story, a war hero, a missing metal of honor, and the new effort to find it. marine veteran art jackson received the medal from president truman for bravery during a bloody world war ii battle in the pacific. the metal was stolen. the man claims he had the metal and returned it to jackson. it turns out it is a fake. at 88 years of age jackson wants to see his medal one time more before he dies. this is one of the stories where you really hope that someone does the right thing. it was september 1944 that bloody battle, where arthur jackson showed extraordinary valor, single-handedly taking out 12 japanese bunkers and killing 50 enemy soldiers. he received the medal of honor
from president truman a year later. when he went to new york city to be honored his medal was stolen from the waldorf astoria hotel. i had left my medal in its box on the bed in the room, and i now when i went back there that is the first thing i always looked for, and it was gone. 42 years later jackson learned that his medal was on display at a television repair shop in chester, south carolina. that shop s owner joe shock lee said that he bought it for $300 from a gun show in charlotte, north carolina and said that he would willingly give it back to jackson. but when jackson received the medal, this is what shock lee had sent back, a fake, and for 25 years the fbi has believed that shock lee kept the original medal. in a telephone conversation i had with him last week he insisted to me that he did the right thing. i did not lie about that. i told them i said that is the one that i had, it s the only
one i ve ever had in my hand and that s the one i sent him back. after new evidence that fox news has uncovered the fbi now believes that shockley may have not ever had in his possession the real medal of honor. the one he bought was fake and jackson s immediate ag medal is out there somewhere. the fbi says the statute of limitations has expired. ththeir only interest now is to get the medal back. let s hope that someone out there, because we do believe the medal is still out there has the heart to do the right thing because art jackson told us in his interview that he believes that his days are numbered. jenna: i mean, come on. he has to get his medal back.