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Look at my treasures!


Spokane Valley's Mark Eaton talks about his collection of Air Force memorabilia. Eaton has been working on his collection for about 20 years. 
 (Photos by JOE BARRENTINE/ / The Spokesman-Review)
Cheryl-Anne Millsap Cheryl-annem@spokesman.com

Mark Eaton, Spokane Valley, is a passionate collector of military items.

His collection includes a room full of World War II-era uniforms, including helmets, flight jackets and insignia.

Eaton’s most unusual item is a gun turret from a B-24 Bomber he rescued from a junk yard near Yakima.

“We came home that night with two turrets in a very small truck,” he said. “It made for an interesting sight on the open road.”

Eaton credits his father, who flew in the B-24 Liberator for the Army Air Force during the war, for his own passion of all things WWII.