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Posted: 10/17/2004 5:55:21 AM EDT
cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4724&item=2276326570&rd=1 I am no way affiliated with this sale.. I just find it sad that there is no family member with enough respect to hold and keep this Medal dear to them. Current bid: US $109.50 Time left: 12 hours 56 mins Bogacheff Simon 17 Apr 1892 - 05 Aug 1961 Michigan CPL CO M 339 INFANTRY WWI Purple Heart The 339th was part of the 85th CD "Custer Divison", formed mainly from Michigan men. Several Companies from this division (including Co. M) fought with the AEF in Siberia against the Bolseviks, including such places as Archangel, Murmansk, Vladivostok and Khabarovsk. The men were then known as the "polar bears". 
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Posted: 10/17/2004 5:57:18 AM EDT
[#1]
I'm John Kerry, and I approve of this message!
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Posted: 10/17/2004 6:03:58 AM EDT
[#2]
Anybody know how to find out if this soldier is buried at Arlington?
I say WE buy it and place it on his cross there. I'm in for $20. |
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Posted: 10/17/2004 6:07:55 AM EDT
[#3]
sounds like a good idea.
but if you but it on his cross, chances are its going to be picked up and put in box at arlington somwhere or even worse. thrown away. |
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Posted: 10/17/2004 6:09:11 AM EDT
[#4]
damn good idea.. I'm in. Shame the way people treat real heros. We only have 12 & 1/2 hours left!
Keep this at the top !! J |
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Posted: 10/17/2004 6:09:59 AM EDT
[#5]
Don't be so sure. Items such as this which are found at Arlington, or on the Vietnam Wall, or at the Korean memorial, etc., are preserved with great care by (I think) the Park Service. You should see the collection of stuff they have from the Vietnam Memorial! |
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Posted: 10/17/2004 6:10:42 AM EDT
[#6]
Really sad.
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Posted: 10/17/2004 6:11:39 AM EDT
[#7]
thats good. i'd hate to see stuff like this being thrown away. i'd be in for $10. im poor. |
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Posted: 10/17/2004 6:13:54 AM EDT
[#8]
i'm in for $50.. there is only one rightful owner of this medal
J |
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Posted: 10/17/2004 6:20:00 AM EDT
[#9]
Wow, You guys are the best.. I am poor too, but I am in for 10.00 |
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Posted: 10/17/2004 6:21:51 AM EDT
[#10]
that's $90....... c'mon don't let some jackass buy this. It's just not right guys.
J |
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Posted: 10/17/2004 6:36:04 AM EDT
[#11]
The ebay ad says he is buried in Wisconsin.
Bogacheff Simon 17 Apr 1892 - 05 Aug 1961 Michigan CPL CO M 339 INFANTRY WWI Purple Heart Blk 9 Ring 45-31-01 Greenwood Cemetery, Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin |
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Posted: 10/17/2004 6:36:40 AM EDT
[#12]
^
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Posted: 10/17/2004 11:11:55 AM EDT
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I wonder if his family even knows it's out there.. if he even has a family that is.. |
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Posted: 10/17/2004 3:21:45 PM EDT
[#14]
3 hours left.
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Posted: 10/17/2004 3:23:22 PM EDT
[#15]
c'mon guys... lets buy this and find a member in Douglas county ,WI and return this to him... we have $90 spoken for....
J |
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Posted: 10/17/2004 3:34:11 PM EDT
[#16]
I have a purple heart named to a soldier killed in Vietnam, along with the award document, some snapshots of JFK in Honalulu and a newspaper clipping that shows the soldier standing as a MP Guard while Kennedy watches an airdrop at Bragg. Also included were some pictures of a one of a kind street rod and a man we thought was him in it.
These were brought into my store by a woman who owns mini-storage buildings. They were found in a unit that had not had rent paid, and she brought it to me hoping we could find the family as she tried and could not. The data listed in the registry at the Wall only has his last duty station before Vietnam as hometown, the American Legion there looked for family and found none, same locally. We got the local TV station to run a story and we found out about the pictures of the car and the man in them, he came in our shop the next day but he had no clue who the soldier was or how he got the pictures. I will search for family for a few more years, and if I fail to locate them I will respectfully leave it all under his name at the Wall, where the park service will collect and keep it. |
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Posted: 10/17/2004 3:39:08 PM EDT
[#17]
If someone will buy it and put it in the ground with him I am in. Hanging it on the cross --- some scum bag will just steal it. If so In for 50.00 |
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Posted: 10/17/2004 3:41:52 PM EDT
[#18]
i'm all for placing aboce his grave. Just so that he has it again. He earned it ! Hell if no one wants to pony up i'll just make a bid of $150 and cover it myself . We need a member in or around Douglas county, WI.
J |
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Posted: 10/17/2004 3:43:17 PM EDT
[#19]
Fuck it --- I will do the road trip and bury it on his grave if this floats.
With pics. |
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Posted: 10/17/2004 3:45:46 PM EDT
[#20]
less than 3 hours.... i'm going to place a bid 25 minutes or so before it closes.
J |
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Posted: 10/17/2004 5:10:06 PM EDT
[#21]
Aimformyhead.. If your serious about taking this bid.. you may consider sniping the auction bidding in the last 30 seconds.. not allowing anyone enough time to reconsider his proxy bid. I sincronize a digital clock to the auctions ending time.. I normaly take auctions in the last 10 seconds and less ... Everythig filled out and curser on the final bid button awaiting my click during countdown.. if your on dial up allow extra 15 seconds just in case My 10.00 is in the mail.. Post your address if you win it.. Good Luck 
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Posted: 10/17/2004 5:14:22 PM EDT
[#22]
The auction was ended. WTF?
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Posted: 10/17/2004 5:15:25 PM EDT
[#23]
I thought it was illegal to sell imitation or real medals, including the Purple Heart...
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Posted: 10/17/2004 5:15:28 PM EDT
[#24]
Or maybe it hasn't ended, but I have been blocked from viewing/bidding on it. I wonder why?
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Posted: 10/17/2004 5:16:23 PM EDT
[#25]
Only illegal to sell the MOH |
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Posted: 10/17/2004 5:18:09 PM EDT
[#26]
Oh, ok. Now I know, thanks... still not kosher in my book.
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Posted: 10/17/2004 5:23:46 PM EDT
[#27]
The auction has not ended. Put me down for $10, $20 if needed. I'm broke as a joke, but I would like this returned to it's rightful owner.
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Posted: 10/17/2004 5:26:05 PM EDT
[#28]
Snipe the bid, don't artificially show interest and drive the price up.
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Posted: 10/17/2004 5:28:12 PM EDT
[#29]
If it has not ended, then how come I cant get access to it?
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Posted: 10/17/2004 5:29:27 PM EDT
[#30]
Why buy it? All you need is a good story about a scratch and you can get one free!
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Posted: 10/17/2004 5:33:19 PM EDT
[#31]
cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4724&item=2276326570&rd=1 stormtrooper.. try a straight up copy and paste.. you aol? |
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Posted: 10/17/2004 5:37:13 PM EDT
[#32]
We're buying it so it can be returned the rightful owner not for some jackass who wants it for his collection. We still need a member in the Douglas county , WI area to take it to his grave site. J |
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Posted: 10/17/2004 5:43:31 PM EDT
[#33]
I'm in for 10.
Just let me know who to paypal or send an MO Shawn |
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Posted: 10/17/2004 5:53:46 PM EDT
[#34]
christ someone just jumped it to $164 with less than 50 minutes left..
 J |
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Posted: 10/17/2004 5:55:59 PM EDT
[#35]
People do not know how to bid on Ebay. It only makes sense to bid with seconds left. Bidding early only drives up the price.
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Posted: 10/17/2004 5:56:55 PM EDT
[#36]
$30 if need be.
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Posted: 10/17/2004 5:58:08 PM EDT
[#37]
This is what I get when I try to view the page. I am not on AOL.
Dear User: Unfortunately, access to this particular category or item has been blocked due to legal restrictions in your home country. Based on our discussions with concerned government agencies and eBay community members, we have taken these steps to reduce the chance of inappropriate items being displayed. Regrettably, in some cases this policy may prevent users from accessing items that do not violate the law. At this time, we are working on less restrictive alternatives. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause you, and we hope you may find other items of interest on eBay. Thank You. Hit the return button to return to the previous page. |
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Posted: 10/17/2004 6:01:53 PM EDT
[#38]
Your ip address probably reverse resolves to something that appears to belong to an ISP in another country (or you really are in another countr). What's your ip address (or at least the first 3 octets, if you're paranoid about it)? |
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Posted: 10/17/2004 6:03:39 PM EDT
[#39]
I am in good ole Kennebunk Maine. I was using Safari, and when I figured out it could be safari, I tried it on IE and it works. So all is cool now.
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Posted: 10/17/2004 6:18:16 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/17/2004 6:18:59 PM EDT
[#41]
No it's not, but it should be. |
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Posted: 10/17/2004 6:42:36 PM EDT
[#42]
^
sooooo? |
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Posted: 10/17/2004 6:45:24 PM EDT
[#43]
we lost
i'm going to bed.. i'm just disgusted. J |
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Posted: 10/17/2004 6:46:06 PM EDT
[#44]
How about returning it to the rightful owner's family?
I'm in for $10 - whatever happens. |
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Posted: 10/17/2004 6:46:19 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/17/2004 6:50:03 PM EDT
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i sent the seller a message.... Good night all.
J |
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Posted: 10/17/2004 6:52:05 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/17/2004 6:57:09 PM EDT
[#48]
I was going to volunter to return it being I'm from N. Illinois but here is Douglass Co.
www.douglascountywi.org/ |
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Posted: 10/17/2004 7:01:23 PM EDT
[#49]
Aparently this isn't a rare thing on ebay. Maybe we couldn't give this one back but maybe we could return a different one.
Bogacheff sounds like a rare name. I'm gonna try to look up the family and tell them that the madal was just sold for $180. 
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Posted: 10/17/2004 7:04:58 PM EDT
[#50]
At least at that price it went to a collector who will honestly know and respect what it is.... or it could have even been a family member that bought it.
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