My brother David picked up one of these carvings in Thailand on his way back to the states from Vietnam. I remember it being around our house with a Buddha that he had. Fast forward to 2015. I was at a fish market in Blue Ridge Ga where the proprietor sold random things he would pick up on the side. I’m killing time waiting on my order so I go outside and look at some of his treasures and sitting right on top of a pile was this guy. I think he’s supposed to be one of the Chinese deities. I purchased it for $5 just so I could send a picture to David. His reply was you’ve got a good memory. My thought was that there was another solider from Georgia with his own story headed back from Vietnam to whatever he left behind. Seeing it sitting there by itself made me feel a little sad and wonder what happened that it ended up here..

Sincerely, Phil