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To: GreyFriar
Thank you. Been to the site and have talked to the people there. They have been very helpful. My Father died in 90. And have been working on this since 95.

Have gotten over 200 pages from them so far. Just nothing about him being wounded in WWII and Korea. Though he was 100% combat disabled. ;-/

Ed

20 posted on 11/11/2017 10:31:55 PM PST by husky ed (FOX NEWS ALERT "Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead" THIS HAS BEEN A FOX NEWS ALERT)
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To: husky ed

Ed,

You’re welcome. Regarding your father’s being wounded in WWII and Korea, I recommend that you get the records of the battalion and/or regiment he was assigned to when each incident happened. You can get those from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) at its NARA II facility at College Park, MD. While they won’t describe the wound, they will list the action and give the casualties for the actions where he was wounded. See if your local library has the book “Finding your Father’s War,” it has a wealth of information about doing records research and describes what the records say and gives examples of rank, mos, and some unit information, especially patches.

G-F


21 posted on 11/12/2017 6:08:47 AM PST by GreyFriar ((Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87))
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