The Story from APM

Lost in Action

Thursday, June 28 2007

LOST IN ACTION

William Marshall Anderson, Sr.

Marshall Anderson's dad fought in World War II and he never liked to talk about it - except for one story.

In 1944, Marshall's dad fought in the Battle of Hurtgen Forest in Germany. It was one of the fiercest military encounters American troops faced in Europe. His dad survived, but lost his college class ring. The ring meant a lot to Marshall's dad - and he hadn't even worn it very long before it slipped from his finger and disappeared.

In 2005, four years after his father's death, Marshall came home to a message on his answering machine: the ring Marshall's dad had lost nearly 60 years earlier was finally found.

Marshall Anderson

Marshall joins Dick to tell his father's story, and describe his amazement at getting the ring after so many years.

• See pictures of the ring and the field where it was found
  
• Hear other lost-and-found stories here and here

Music heard in this program: It's Been a Long, Long Time (Harry James Version) by Big Band Sounds for the album Swing Era Plus No. 3; A Lord of the Rings Suite by James Galway, London Symphony Orchestra and Klauspeter Seibel for the album Wings of Song; Bugle Call Rag by Various Artists for the album The Very Best of Benny Goodman

DRIVING 'EM STRAIGHT

Peggy Kirk Bell

The U.S. Women's Open begins today at Pine Needles - the golf course owned by famed player and teacher, Peggy Kirk Bell.

Peggy Kirk Bell, now 85, gives Dick Gordon a lesson, and shares stories from the many decades she has spent playing the game and leaving her mark on it. One story: as a young golfer, Peggy wore long, old-fashioned dresses with buttons. Up the back.

• Hear a longer version of this interview
  
• Look at a photo album of The Story's trip to Pine Needles

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