That s been a long time, kid, laughed Grisham.
But finally, after more than a half a century, it s back in the right hands. It was like a bolt out of the blue, Grisham said. I m just dumbfounded.
In the 1960s, Operation Deep Freeze sent Grisham, a Navy lieutenant, to Antarctica. The temperatures are so cold, it really defies explanation, he said.
He spent 13 months there forecasting the weather for incoming ships and aircraft.
Recently, during some demolition at Grisham s old base, a man found two wallets and sent them to some friends in New Hampshire.
NBC10 Boston couldn t reach those Granite Staters for comment, but we know they enlisted the help of veteran Bruce McKee in Indiana.
California Man Reunited With Wallet He Lost in Antarctica Over 50 Years Ago
On 2/11/21 at 7:57 AM EST
Paul Grisham misplaced the wallet in 1968 during a 13-month placement on the remote continent.
Decades later, it was recovered from behind a locker in a building due to be demolished at the U.S. research base McMurdo Station and has recently been returned to Grisham.
Inside was his driver s license, Navy I.D. and a recipe for the coffee liquor Kahlua.
Grisham, from San Diego, also found a beer ration punch card and receipts for money orders sent to his wife.
Most eerie of all was a card giving instructions on what people stationed at McMurdo should do in the case of an atomic, biological or chemical weapons attack.
Feb 10, 2021
#CASE you missed it. Lost Wallet 53 Years Ago Returned Nothing Missing
Paul Grisham lost his wallet 53-years ago and somehow it was just returned to him. Mr. Grisham of San Diego is 91-years-old and in 1967 he arrived in Antarctica as a Navy meteorologist but at some point during his 13-month assignment, he lost his wallet and eventually forgot about it. Until last week.
When he went to retrieve his mail, he had a package that contained his long lost wallet. Grisham said, I was just blown away. It appears the wallet was found in 2014 when a building at McMurdo Station on Antarctica s Ross Island was being demolished.
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