Great story, I found a band saw for a older man looking for one (83+) several years ago about 1994, he went to pick it up and they told him it was missing the blade guides and he said "sure it is, they are in my tool box I took them off to recondition them and got drafted and the saw was gone when I got back"...he was drafted in WW II!!
Stories like these are just to crazy not to be true, fun to hear though!