Cathy Cooley wrote: > > George and Mary, > > Although I had e-mailed Mary privately, I wanted to comment on what George > had to say about the DD 214. From my father's and father-in-law's WW II > records, both received the DD 214 which appears at the bottom of the form. > With George's comments it makes me think that there must have been a > "transitional phase" in the changing of discharge forms from Form 53 and > Form 100 as mentioned by George to the DD 214, which I believe is still used > to the current day.....at least it was during the Vietnam era, of which I > was a part. The DD214 is not a Discharge, it is a Report of Seperation from the Armed Forces of the United States. It is a one page summary of service. -- Jim McDonnell Seattle seamus@seanet.com A surplus of leisure; a bare sufficiency of funds.