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Man searches for owner of found Navy ring with Illinois ties
http://wqad.com/2014/12/10/man-searches-for-owner-of-found-navy-ring-with-illinois-ties/
After he found a ring while exploring with a metal detector, a Virginia man hoped his Facebook post could help find the ring’s owner.
Kevin Cobb found the ring when he was searching the area around the home of his girlfriend’s grandmother, in Dinwiddie, Virginia, Friday, December 5, 2014. The ring was buried about eight inches underground according to a report from our sister station WTVR.
After he cleaned it off, Cobb posted a photo of the ring on Facebook. His post said “LEY 73” and the number 432 were on the ring. A circle, around the image of a sailor on the ring, is inscribed “Recruit Training Command Great Lakes Illinois.”
Several people posted to Cobb’s Facebook thread, saying it appeared to be a Navy Boot Camp graduation ring from Company 432 based at the Naval Training Center in Great Lakes, Illinois. The letters LEY were believed to be the ring owner’s initials, with the number 73 standing for the year 1973.
Kevin Cobb found the ring when he was searching the area around the home of his girlfriend’s grandmother, in Dinwiddie, Virginia, Friday, December 5, 2014. The ring was buried about eight inches underground according to a report from our sister station WTVR.
After he cleaned it off, Cobb posted a photo of the ring on Facebook. His post said “LEY 73” and the number 432 were on the ring. A circle, around the image of a sailor on the ring, is inscribed “Recruit Training Command Great Lakes Illinois.”
Several people posted to Cobb’s Facebook thread, saying it appeared to be a Navy Boot Camp graduation ring from Company 432 based at the Naval Training Center in Great Lakes, Illinois. The letters LEY were believed to be the ring owner’s initials, with the number 73 standing for the year 1973.
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My step-father graduated from the same boot camp in 1970 I think. I'm not aware of any ring he has to commemorate his graduation, though.