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\nA Virginia National Guard sergeant is accused of stealing World War II-era dog tags from the National Archives and Records Administration in Bethesda, Maryland. The dog tags belonged to four Army Air Forces airmen killed in plane crashes in 1944. (Michael Kunzelman\/AP)<\/p>\n
One of our ninjas found this little gem, about a misguided Guardsman pilfering WWII relic dog tags, ostensibly for returning them to the families of the fallen. It’s an interesting background story, too, about how the dog tags were recovered in the first place. Read on: <\/p>\n
By: Michael Kunzelman<\/strong><\/p>\n COLLEGE PARK, Md. \u2014 A Virginia National Guard sergeant, accused of stealing World War II-era dog tags from the National Archives and Records Administration in Maryland, says he did it to return them to their families.<\/p>\n Robert Rumsby, 29, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, told investigators he took dog tags that belonged to four U.S. Army Air Forces airmen killed in plane crashes in 1944, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court last month.<\/p>\n Rumsby’s wife is the great niece of one of the deceased airmen. Rumsby said he gave that airman’s dog tags to his wife’s grandmother as a Christmas gift and gave another airman’s dog tags to a relative of that serviceman.<\/p>\n The complaint charges Rumsby with theft of public records. He has an Aug. 14 trial date at the federal courthouse in Greenbelt, Maryland.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n The College Park facility stores thousands of dog tags that were collected by the German Luftgaukommandos, which prepared reports on Allied aircraft crashes during World War II.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Those methodical Germans and their records. So was Rumsby stealing artifacts that belong to the entire Nation, or returning private property held by the government? Tough call. Thanks to our ninjas, you know who you are.<\/p>\n Read the entire article here: Air Force Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"