Have you requested his military files yet? They would be a good place to start. It may take awhile. Do you have any photos of him in uniform...
Try posting this here http://www.med-dept.com/forum2/ as they do all things medical.
Since it was a high end guitar at the time was there any identifying marks or numbers that could be traced back to the individual that bought it...
You should try to get his personnel file from NARA it will have all the campaigns he participated in with dates of promotion, unit transfers, etc.
Many of the WWII personnel records were lost in the St. Louis fire in the 70s. A place to look for his DD214 is the county courthouse where he...
Here are the guys of the 16th that I have identified in the Rennes Military Hospital (AKA EPS Rennes, Frontstalag 221 W, Stalag 221) for Allied...
After a thorough scrub of the 35th Evac lists I found ONE of 196 British or Canadian wounded POWs that got to the 35th Evac. So still a mystery...
Initally the glider troops did not get jump pay but the AB Division Commanders got together and protested after Normandy and I believe they...
German hobnail boots were very noisy compared to the Allied leather or rubber soled shoes/boots. This sound actually was used to cow the local...
Assuming the individual was killed after the landings in North Africa and the administrative staff had time to settle in it took between 30 and 45...
Based on the limited information above it sounds like your grandfather served in the 2nd Armored Division in either the 66th Armored or 67th...
I now have the US 35th Evacuation Hospital entry lists from their location at Rennes. In all the lists so far I do not see any of the British or...
The German Tank is really a Sdkw 7 half-tracked truck which was used to tow heavy artillery pieces around.
Was there anything on the reverse side of the form that might give more clues?
It's odd it doesn't have his name or Service Number. This document is only the separation pay voucher and doesn't say anything about his prior...
To me the record looks consistant with a junior officer going through officer basic Maxwell AFB then getting a signals primary at Scott AFB. Then...
How would one go about requesting service records of Indian soldiers from WWII. I have the names of two Indian Nursing Sepoys that were in the...
Thanks for the information. I have done an online search of NARA and they have the records of the POW Bureau but that is only for ones that made...
As the title states I am looking to find out how the US Army reported captured Germans to the ICRC in WWII. I would be interested in finding...
If you are interested in a specific period of time you could look for the Headquarters Message Logs which detail by the minute the messages and...
