'Ownership of The Ring,' a quest to bring closure from decades past - WNKY News 40 Television

'Ownership of The Ring,' a quest to bring closure from decades past - WNKY News 40 Television

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – At the Aviation Heritage Park and Museum on May 15, retired Brig. Gen. Dan Cherry signed over temporary custody of a blue sapphire class of 1972 high school ring to the museum. The ring came from Cherry’s friend, Hong My, a Vietnamese fighter pilot he shot down in a dog fight during the war. Decades later, Cherry would find My and befriend him on live television in Vietnam. My happened to find that ring at a jewelry store in…