To: peacelover81
2 posted on
02/01/2014 9:02:42 PM PST by
2ndDivisionVet
(Jealousy is when you count someone else's blessings instead of your own.)
To: peacelover81
Hope you can find them. If he was in the Army, most of the WW2 records were lost in a fire in 1973 at the St. Louis Records Center.
To: peacelover81
There are also some historical websites if you know the units he served with.
To: peacelover81
Welcome to Free Republic, hope you have some luck!
6 posted on
02/01/2014 9:21:52 PM PST by
PROCON
(Those who are capable of Tyranny are capable of Deceit to sustain it.)
To: peacelover81
...you can also try contacting your local VA (VETERANS ADMINISTRATION).
7 posted on
02/01/2014 9:39:17 PM PST by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: peacelover81
If he is deceased, there are a lot of military records available on
ancestry.com Sign up for the free membership and get your research finished by the free trial period.
If he is still living, you may need a consent form and should contract the government office responsible for the service branch records.
8 posted on
02/01/2014 10:08:53 PM PST by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: peacelover81
9 posted on
02/01/2014 10:27:20 PM PST by
kiryandil
(turning Americans into felons, one obnoxious drunk at a time (Zero Tolerance!!!))
To: peacelover81
I need help on finding free records of my grandfather who fought in world war 2 and the Korean war. Which one of the several million veterans was he?
Or do we have to just guess?
You have to provide some basic information.
11 posted on
02/01/2014 11:28:22 PM PST by
kiryandil
(turning Americans into felons, one obnoxious drunk at a time (Zero Tolerance!!!))
To: peacelover81
As already mentioned most records were destroyed in the 1973 fire.
12 posted on
02/01/2014 11:33:02 PM PST by
South40
(Liberalism is a Disease)
To: peacelover81
The best source of free records is your local library.
Most of them have the (expensive) library edition of ancestry.com, which is the portal for all things public.
The problem is getting computer time at a library. Go in on a weekday morning if you can.
Also, if you live near a big city, you may have access to the National Archives and Records Center. Google them.
Good luck!
To: peacelover81
Also check out familysearch.org
They have a lot of stuff.
14 posted on
02/02/2014 2:21:55 AM PST by
sauropod
(Fat Bottomed Girl: "What difference, at this point, does it make?")
To: peacelover81
I need help on finding free records of my grandfather who fought in world war 2 and the Korean war. I think you'll find them in that big cardboard box in the attic - the one next to the box of camping equipment.
If not, try looking in those old orange crates stacked next to the winter tires in the garage.
Regards,
15 posted on
02/02/2014 2:52:10 AM PST by
alexander_busek
(Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
To: peacelover81
Contact your state representative’s office. My mom contacted our congressman’s local office and they got the records for us. They were able to re-create them somehow.
I read somewhere, recently, that they now have technology that can even extract information off of burnt records.
Good luck, and welcome to Free Republic.
17 posted on
02/04/2014 2:47:18 AM PST by
sneakers
( Quinn: "Liberty is the solution to the human condition.")
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