# @nbcdfw on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DZa6on1oLkC
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66502366-nbcdfw-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-06-10T21:35:17.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NBC DFW (@nbcdfw) — https://gondola.cc/nbcdfw

## Caption

More than 80 years after two Allied soldiers exchanged dog tags while imprisoned during World War II, their families reunited in Jacksboro to fulfill a promise neither veteran lived to keep.⁠
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Australian soldier Mervyn McCready and Jack County's Garth Oliver became prisoners of war after the fall of Java in 1942. During their years in captivity, the two men formed a friendship so strong that McCready gave Oliver one of his dog tags as a symbol of their bond.⁠
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This week, McCready's grandson traveled from Australia to return the tag to Oliver's family.⁠
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The ceremony also honored a larger piece of North Texas history. Speakers noted that 63 young men from Jack County served in Battery F of the 131st Field Artillery Regiment, part of the famed Lost Battalion during World War II.⁠
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Read more at the link in bio.⁠
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#WWII #TexasHistory #Jacksboro #LostBattalion #Veterans #MilitaryHistory #NorthTexas

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veterans, lostbattalion, texashistory, jacksboro, militaryhistory, wwii, northtexas

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