It all started when . . .
At a vintage sale, we discovered an old footlocker—weathered, mysterious, and bearing a label that instantly captured our imagination. It was addressed to a woman in Pennsylvania, with the return address boldly stamped: USS Reid, Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii. How could we possibly walk away? From that discovery grew A Sailor’s Story, the very first in our World War II series of Great Crates, and a reminder of how even the smallest find can carry the weight of an era.