Former serviceman happens across old garb on recent trip

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BRANSON MO NEWS: Charlie Kerns expected to see plenty of military history during a recent trip to the Veterans Memorial Museum of Branson, Missouri, but he didn’t expect to see to see any of his own history on display there.

Navy and Vietnam veteran Charlie Kerns poses next to his service uniform that is currently on display at the Veterans Memorial Museum of Branson, Missouri. Mr. Kerns sent his service uniform to the museum about five years ago, and said he was surprised to see it displayed in its entirety during a visit to the museum last month. (PHOTO | SUBMITTED)

The Huntsville-area resident said he toured the museum on a stop along a recent bus tour through Missouri, and was surprised when he ran into a mannequin displaying the very same Naval uniform he himself had worn while stationed in Hawaii between 1967 and 1971.
“I recognized that EM-3 insignia on this uniform on display,” Mr. Kerns said, recalling his experience by telephone.
“I was dumbfounded. I thought, ‘hey, that’s my old uniform.’”
“It was right there on display for everyone to see it.”
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