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From: "Susan Bryant" <>
Subject: RE: [PA-QUAKERS] RE: WWII US Army enlistment records
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 22:26:59 -0500
In-Reply-To: <d9.fbbdc0b.2e3045a0@aol.com>


The real deal is that back in the 70's or 80's and there was a fire I
believe in KC, MO or St Louis, MO for the military records, and a lot of the
records were destroyed. So that maybe the story. Susan Bryant

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 5:18 PM
To:
Subject: [PA-QUAKERS] RE: WWII US Army enlistment records

Dear Marj (and others whose searches of this interesting database may have
failed),

Like you, Marj, I knew all of the information needed to fill all of the
blanks on the search form when I decided to search for my father -- just as
you did
when you did your search. When I put it all in and conducted my search,
like
you, I came up with nothing.

So, I tried eliminating information. When I finally got down to last name,
state of residence, and county of residence, I found my dad, my uncle and
two
of their cousins.

In this case, apparently, less information actually is better.
Karen

In a message dated 6/27/2004 3:51:12 PM Central Standard Time,

writes:

> Subj: [PA-QUAKERS] RE: WWII US Army enlistment records
> Date: 6/27/2004 3:51:12 PM Central Standard Time
> From:
> To:
> Sent from the Internet
>
> This should be an excellent resource, but my first try produced nothing.
> My husband served almost 4 years 1942-1945, rising from Private to
> Master Sgt./Sgt. Major of an Artillery Battalion. He was discharged
> December 24, 1945, and at the end of that time enlisted in the Reserve
> until he was discharged in 1951. I was able to fill in ALL of the
> blanks in the form. The AAD comes up with "no records." There
> certainly are records: we have copies of his entire file. Has anyone
> else been thus disappointed? Marj Winter
>
> >----------
> >From: Scott Jones[SMTP:]
> >Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 1:17 PM
> >To:
> >Subject: FW: WWII US Army enlistment records
> >
> >>From: "Betty Lowe Hatter" <>
> >>To: <>
> >>Subject: WWII US Army enlistment records
> >>Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 20:57:21 -0500
> >>
> >>Pie ChartsSome of you may have already received an email about
> >this...
> >>
> >>The NARA has put more than 9 million WWII US Army enlistment records
> >into
> >>their digital archives.
> >>
> >>Go here: http://www.archives.gov/aad/
> >>
> >> On the left side you will see "What's New in AAD" Click that and
> >the
> >>first
> >>item will be the WWII database. Click on the underlined name of the
> >file
> >>and it will take you to the next page, click select. On the next
> >page
> >>click
> >>one of the select buttons again (if that page comes up). Scroll down
> >to
> >>the
> >>search boxes and enter your names.
> >>
> >>AAD can be really tricky!
> >>One of the biggest advantages to this is you can get serial numbers
> >which
> >>will help with records requests (for those records that didn't burn),
> >but
> >>you also can use it a the various sites that have records about WWII
> >>service
> >>personnel. You can often track your WWII vet through those alternate
> >sites
> >>even if their records burned.
> >>
> >>
> >>Here is the link for you to register/honor your family member that
> >served
> >>his/her country in WWII. I did see a person's name submitted more
> >than
> >>one time. Their name is not instantly added to the register and can
> >be
> >>viewed at a later date.
> >>
> >>http://www.wwiimemorial.com/default.asp?page=registry.asp&subpage=sea
> >rch&dra
> >>wtable=YES
> >>
> >>Don't forget to list the state where the person enlisted or was
> >drafted
> >>from, not the state where they relocated to later.
> >>
> >>I have registered two family members. I thought you might want to
> >see if
> >>your family member has been honored.
> >>
> >>I submitted the names of Walter Sherman Lowe and Charles Clinton
> >Hatter -
> >>both served in the US Army (KY). This is not just for the "Army" but
> >>includes the other branches of the service.
> >>
> >>...BLH...


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