Jean’s daughter Ginger found this and passed it on to Jean. He was so thrilled to read this. I am his neighbor and see him every day. My kids spend time with Jean and Vivian every day in the garden, feeding the chickens and playing bad mitten. What great people. We love hearing all the War stories and family stories about Jean, Viv and their kids.

Jean wanted me to pass on that the Chines Marines had a reunion in Orlando and they invited a general from Tawian/China. The general presented Jean with a real medal, but he still has the original as a momentum and conversation piece. Viv has very fond memories of you and your Mom.

Jodie Sechler, Palm Harbor, FL

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Grainbelt beer. I think it’s still around, somewhere….my uncle, who was a farmer in northern Iowa, always had this around the house. Beat the heck out of Pabst Blue Ribbon.

A little "off topic–but–this reminded me—as a kid, i had a mentor in he nieghborhood-Jean Salvucci-a great gut-and Marine with the construction batallions in China during WW2–any way he was very active in VFW, and would often wear his uniform and all the ribbons and such—including one he got from the Chinese–well one day we where at a parade(i was in their youth drill team)and he bumbed somone and the picture of Cheng Kai Shec???SP??–popped out of the medal–i reached down and picked it up and saw something on the back—i asked Jean and he started to laugh—there on the back of the metal picture was what was clearly the P and a from the can of Pabst beer that it was made from!