My Father’s Wartime Ring

[WarRelics]

My father had a steel ring from his WWII service that was engraved with his initials. He had quit wearing it by the time I came along so as a preteen I grinded his initials off and put mine on with an engraver. He had told a story about the crash of a C46 transport at Sedalia Army Air Field where he was stationed. He had said that he picked up a ball bearing from that plane and before he passed away he revealed that the steel ball bearing was made into a ring at the base machine shop. I’m just wondering if anyone else has anything with a similar story.