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Purple Heart Found In Antique Safe Bought At Garage Sale

By Mary Ellen Murphy Jul 31, 2025 | 5:59 AM

(Royal Oak, MI) – A Royal Oak, Michigan man is trying to identify the family who owned an antique safe he purchased at a garage sale that contained a Purple Heart from World War Two. Ben Cameron says the safe also had a Bronze Star. He bought the safe at a Madison Heights garage sale several years ago and had a locksmith drill into it to get it open.

Cameron says he found the two military awards along with a letter of commendation dated June 30, 1945 addressed to Private First Class Milford Magnuson. He is trying to find Magnuson’s family.

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