Four years ago, Randy Holst — the owner of a UPS store in Golden Valley, Minnesota — received an errant package after several attempts to deliver it to its proper recipient failed.

After some time, he decided to open it, and discovered the makeshift time capsule of a United States military veteran.

A framed military flag. Used shell casings. Newspaper clippings.

“You wouldn’t toss a memory like that,” he told the Associated Press. “I can’t imagine anyone would.”

The name on the parcel, Carl Burnett Burchell, was the only lead he had — the only hope — to enable the keepsakes to end up in the correct hands. Unfortunately, his initial attempts weren’t successful. An inquiry to the Department of Veterans Affairs netted zilch, as did numerous messages sent via social media platforms.

Then, at long last, in January … pay dirt. A Facebook message to the wife of a man named Tim Burchell yielded a response, and very suddenly the mystery was solved.

They were meant to go to Georgia.

From the AP:

Tim Burchell confirmed that the items belonged to his father, a Navy veteran who died of cancer in 1988.

“It’s just priceless,” Burchell said of the parcel’s contents. “Obviously the flag is just a treasure trove right there.”

The box also contained old family photos, letters from Presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan thanking the elder Burchell for his military service, and a game of Scrabble, which Burchell’s dad played while receiving chemotherapy.

The mixup happened when relatives of the vet mailed the box to a wrong address after the family member who was holding them, passed away. They then moved, and since Tim Burchell never knew the mementos were coming in the first place, never checked on its whereabouts.

“I want to make sure [Holst] gets the credit he deserves,” said Burchell. “One little touch of kindness is contagious.”