SAN DIEGO (AP) — Paul Grisham’s wallet was missing for so long at the bottom of the world he forgot all about it. Fifty-three years later, the 91-year-old San Diego man has the billfold back along with mementos of his 13-month assignment as a Navy meteorologist on Antarctica in the 1960s. “I was just blown away,” Grisham told The San Diego Union-Tribune after the wallet was returned on Saturday. “There was a long series of people involved who tracked me
Navy Veteran Reunited with Wallet Lost in Antarctica 53 Years Ago
Paul Grisham holds his 1968 Navy ID card at his home in the San Carlos neighborhood of San Diego, Calif., Feb. 3, 2021. Grisham’s wallet was missing for so long at the bottom of the world he forgot all about it. Fifty-three years later, the 91-year-old has the billfold back along with mementos of his 13-month assignment as a Navy meteorologist on Antarctica in the 1960s. (Nelvin C. Cepeda/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)
6 Feb 2021 The San Diego Union-Tribune | By Pam Kragen
In October 1967, Navy meteorologist Paul Grisham shipped out to Antarctica, where he worked as a weather forecaster for a science station and airport on Ross Island. Thirteen months later, he returned to his family in sunny California, but his wallet never left.
The 91-year-old former Navy meteorologist, who was sent to Antarctica five decades ago, says his wallet was missing for so long at the bottom of the world he forgot all about it.
Amateur Sleuths Reunite Navy Meteorologist With Wallet Lost In Antarctica In The â60s
âThere was a long series of people involved who tracked me down and ran me to ground, said 91-year-old Paul Grisham.
SAN DIEGO (AP) â Paul Grishamâs wallet was missing for so long at the bottom of the world he forgot all about it. Fifty-three years later, the 91-year-old San Diego man has the billfold back along with mementos of his 13-month assignment as a Navy meteorologist on Antarctica in the 1960s.
âI was just blown away,â Grisham told The San Diego Union-Tribune after the wallet was returned on Saturday. âThere was a long series of people involved who tracked me down and ran me to ground.â
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