Now this is a question up my alley. Mary, generally speaking ribbons and decorations are listed on what is known as the DD-214 Report of Separation or Discharge from Active Duty. However, there may be times as when they are no listed such as the award actually being issued AFTER discharge of the individual. This happened to me with my second Joint Service Commendation Medal. Upon the end of WWII, sometimes they were in such a hurry to process these veterans out of the service that not all of the awards they were entitled to were entered on their separation papers. As a member of the American Legion Guard of Honor doing Chaplain parts at funerals, we get as much information from the separation papers as we can. Sometimes, there is none. I've seen men who served in combat zones but yet no awards were listed. The National Personnel Records Center, 9700 Page Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63132 is the place to write for copies of personnel records. For the WWII Veteran you need to use Form 180 to request the records. I believe the web site to request this form is www.nara.gov. I have it somewhere but your local American Legion or VA office should be able to provide this form to you. George gebasden@worldnet.att.net http://www.basden.com ---------- > From: Mj0520@aol.com > To: GenTips-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: GenTips-D Digest V98 #455 > Date: Friday, June 19, 1998 11:32 PM > > Hi.. > > Does anyone out there know if military medals, awards, etc. would have been on > the WW2 separtion papers? Back then, was the miltary able to keep up with the > men's records as they were being discharged after the war? IF not, does > anyone know of an address to write to regarding a relatives records? > > Thanks for your patience..........Mary > > > ==== GenTips Mailing List ==== > Support online research! Donate to the RootsWeb Genealogical Project! See more information at: > http://www.rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > > > > > >