>>> TOMORROW IS INDEPENDENCE
DAY, WE CELEBRATE OUR FREEDOM
IN THE MEN AND WOMEN AND MAKE
IT POSSIBLE.
>> ONE VIETNAM VETERAN WAS
REUNITED WITH THE DOG TEST --
TAGS HE LOST.>>REPORTER: IT
CAME DELIVERED BY A LETTER
CARRIER WHO HAD NO IDEA THAT
THE PACKAGE WAS FROM THE PAST
AND WAS SOMETHING ON WHICH A
CLEVELAND MAN HAD GIVEN UP ON.
IN THE MAILBOX OF JOE CARPIO
WAS SOMETHING HE LOST AS HE
DIVED FOR SAFETY IN A WAR.
IT WAS AN ITEM FROM 1968 AND
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD.
>> IT HAD TO BE DURING THE
OFFENSIVE WHEN I JUMPED IN THE
BUNKER.
I DIDN'T REALIZE I LOST
THEM.>>REPORTER: VIETNAM 1969,
HE LOST HIS U.S. ARMY DOGTAGS.
SERVICE MEMBERS WERE DOGTAGS
BEARING THE OWNERS NAME, SERIAL
NUMBER AND BLOOD TYPE.
IDENTIFICATION IF HE IS WOUNDED
OR KILLED.
IN VIETNAMJOE CARPIO DEALT
WITH DOGTAGS.
>> I WAS WITH THE SEARCH AND
RECOVERY UNIT.
>>REPORTER: UNDER FIRE, HIS
DOGTAGS GOT AWAY FROM HIM.
HE WAS FIRING FROM A MODULE.
THERE IN THE MUD AND BLOOD OF
VIETNAM THE DOGTAGS LATE UNTIL
SOMEONE FOUND AND SOLD IT ON
THE WEBSITE.
MANY YEARS OUOF SERVICE.>> HE
READ MY SERIAL NUMBER AND I
FINISHED IT FOR HIM.
HE SAID WELCOME HOME BROTHER.
HE SAYS WE HAVE YOUR DOG TRICK.
>>REPORTER: THEY WERE BEING
SOLD ON VIETNAM STREETS.
THE GROUP BUT MANY SO IT COULD
RESEARCH HER WHERE THE RIGHTFUL
OWNERS.>> THAT'S INCREDIBLE.>>
THAT'S AN AMAZING STORY.
HOW PROUD AND THANKFUL HE IS TO
HAVE THOSE BACK.
