My dad, who served in New Guinea, kept his dress uniform when had his unit and division insignia on it. Also, with his discharge papers he had some old copies of orders. Although he has told me a few stories, his papers he had told more. Did you have any papers or pictures of him in uniform? Insignias will help you. In the early 70’s there was a major fire at the Saint Louis, Mo. records building and many records were lost including my Dad’s
Well, here’s what is going to make it more difficult—recently my mom had to be committed into long-term care for dementia, and as part of that, her house was sold. I live out of state and didn’t get a chance to get back there before the place was cleaned out, so I have basically no information. For example, I don’t remember my dad’s SSN, and my mom’s in no shape to give it to me. I might be able to pick up some more info from my brother, who I’m somewhat estranged from...at least enough to help the archival folks narrow a search.
Thanks for the links and ideas, looks like I’ve got a good base here to get started!
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