Relatives of George M. Gillilan had stopped seeking answers to how the World War II soldier died until a Dutch filmmaker's surprise discovery.
Fortuitous sleuthing by a Dutch filmmaker led to a set of medals including the Purple Heart being returned to his Meigs County family after being cast away for sale on the Internet.A chance encounter by a caring Dutch filmmaker has helped return the service medals and personal effects of a fallen World War II hero to his Meigs County family, bringing some closure to a decades-old mystery.
All he — or anyone else, for that matter — knew about his uncle was that he had died in Europe during the war's end, eight years before his nephew was born. But a few months ago, almost 6,500 miles away, filmmaker Jeroen van den Kroonenberg was looking at the medals of his late grandfather and pondering why so many service medals and documents had ended up for sale online.
He purchased the set for a reported $600,"but with only one goal — make sure it goes back to where it belongs." The 15-minute film includes poignant accounts from George's younger brothers, John Gillilan, 93, who is known as Ray, and Joe Gillilan, 89, neither available for phone interviews due to hearing loss.
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