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My father passed away when I was 28 and had literally hundreds of unbuilt OLD plastic models, a 4 drawer commercial file cabinet full of WWII era newspapers, photographs, WWII aircraft manuals and parts and many other types of memorabilia from his 22 years in the Air Force as well as personal paintings of WWII aircraft all worth 10's of thousands of dollars. After the funeral many of his 'friends' came forth promising to put these items to good use in their personal collections. We also donated a vast amount to the ANG Museum in St. Paul with the understanding that we would get it back if they no longer needed it. Needless to say most of his items that were given to his "friends" were sold off shortly after given and the museum closed after 9/11 with futile attempts to get those items back falling on deaf ears. Our family thought many of these items would be put to better use being on display for all to see instead of stuffed in boxes. Never again!