Hi Everybody-- This ribbon bar belonged to a 17th Airborne/82nd Airborne vet; it was in his Ike jacket breast pocket. Can anyone ID the medal on...
Hi Buten42, and thanks for the response. I should have said Army Air Forces instead of Air Corps; I often (erroneously) use those terms...
Hi all-- I'm working on a shadow box for a family member of a veteran who served with the 1142nd MP Company (Aviation), 381st Bomb Group of the...
You can take the resulting "modern" coordinates of latitude and longitude that the Coordinates Translator gives you and then plug those into...
Hi JMS! Welcome to the forums. I searched for Kenneth Eugene Hatfield through the normal online genealogy links, but I didn't turn up anything...
From the above picture you can't really tell, but if that's him in the other pics found on your Photobucket link, then his branch would be...
Welcome to the forums! The people here always have great advice; I myself have benefitted from their expertise on numerous occasions. I would...
Thanks Cadillac. I'm not actually reconstructing an entire uniform, just a shadow box containing whatever medals and badges my grandfather...
Yes, I thought that exact same thing myself when I was there--I was very tempted to try to turn the whole microfilm viewer around to avoid those...
I just held the camera. There wasn't a whole lot of room on the desk in front of the reader (as you're aware of now I'm sure) and that prevented...
That picture is indicative of the exact results I was getting. As my resources were limited (no tripod, fancy filters, hoods, etc) I just tried...
Hi Ray! Glad the trip was at least somewhat fruitful! Yes, you'll definitely get more done next time. Of my two days I probably spent 25-30%...
Have you tried the National Archives at College Park, MD?
Absolutely. I got mine used for around $40 I think. It's pretty ratty but the information is of course all that matters. Great resource indeed.
I think Stanton is a main reason why I ever appear to be smart, IF I ever do--but somehow I doubt it! ;o)
I agree with Slipdigit in his assessment on your question #6. According to Stanton, the 549th AAA Automatic Weapons Bn arrived in England 9 Oct...
You should certainly be able to find out exactly that, in the MRs for the 549th. They will definitely show when he joined the battery and from...
I'd bring a camera. Better safe than sorry and it doesn't cost you anything. Do you know your dad's battery now, or do you have to search for...
Hi Ray-- Honestly it depends on what you're trying to accomplish. Do you just want to look at the info quickly, or do you want to take it home...
Hello from St. Louis! I just got back to my hotel from my first day researching at the NPRC. I can't stress enough how kind and helpful the...
