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I just thought of another thing I recently heard.
There is a home for veterans, in Holland I believe, where this guy I know was working with the elderly residents. There is a museum attached to the place and they display all sorts of things. As a resident dies, his belongings are reviewed to see if there is anything to add to the military museum's stuff. There are the usual medals,photos armorments, souvenir things from foreign lands.
On one occasion, a vets stuff was being culled and there was an old unopened coffee can to be tossed. One of the elderly residents,surprised to see the can, told the story. He had been in a WWII prison camp with the deceased vet. They had buried the coffee can and kept it a secret during their entire internment. Nobody touched it. It became a symbol. They knew it was there. This old guy had kept it all these years, unknown to his comrades. The can was taken out of the toss pile and added to the collection.
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