A man named Jairo Florez worked installing safes. When Total Bank was getting ready to close its doors, everything in the building had to go, and Jairo was promised a large painting by the manager.
When he took it home, he realized that it was 5 feet tall. It was a portrait of a WWII veteran.
In the video below, posted on May 9, 2017, Jairo recalls saying, "Oh my goodness. What am I going to do with this?"
Although it isn't the piece of art he was expecting, Jairo placed the portrait of the vet right outside his bedroom. He greeted it every single morning for a quarter of a century.
After Jairo's nephew, Lt. Rick Kidder, retired from the Navy, he decided to search for the family of the man in the painting.
He says, "I would always see this military painting on the wall and I started to research the different campaigns, the ribbons and metals that he had."
After two years, Rick identified the man as Maj. Gen. Clair Lee Chennault, known for leading a group of pilots called the Flying Tigers.
Once Rick and Jairo figured out who the mystery man in their beloved vet portrait was, they finally located his family and set up a big reunion.
Check out the video below to see the WWII vet's daughter receive the painting of her dad, and please SHARE if you're touched by this!
