(September 17, 2007)--Dallas police Monday recovered a car stolen from an East Texas Marine who's just back from Iraq, but his medals are missing.
Cpl. Blake Weller of Whitehouse hopes the thief will return his "dress blues" uniform and the medals he proudly displays on the jacket.
Weller told KLTV television it's hard to know that he didn't get what he really wanted back, his medals.
Weller this year suffered a concussion and took shrapnel to the hand during a mortar attack.
The 20-year-old arrived home on leave this month and bought a car--a white 2005 Mazda.
His newly cleaned uniform and medals were in the vehicle when it was swiped Friday from outside a Tyler mall.
Dallas police ran a computer check on the license plate of a stopped car, which came up as stolen.
The driver is held on a charge of possession of a stolen vehicle.
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