GUESS I GOT TAKEN ALSO........SORRY ----- Original Message ----- From: Cece To: <CLENDINEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 1:08 PM Subject: [CLENDINEN] Military Records REALLY recovered? > Sending you what I received. Sorry if this got hopes up. Cece > > > > To: < > Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 9:29 AM > Subject: [INMARION] Military Records REALLY recovered? > > > > Dear List: > > I also received this email this a.m. which casts doubt on the message I > > just sent *FYI - Recovered Military Records.* I'm sorry if I passed on > > something that was not true. > > Janice > > > > > > This legend has been circulating for a number of years. I do not > > know how to prove definitively the truth of this story, but the > > December 2000 issue of what I believe to be the newsletter of the > > Illinois state headquarters of the American Legion carried the > > following story: > > ---------------------- > > LOST MILITARY RECORDS QUESTIONED > > > > It was recently reported in a veterans publication that the > > Veterans Administration reported discovering 10 million > > duplicates of the 20th Century Military Records. These > > records were thought to have been destroyed in a fire. They > > were told to call the Veterans' Personnel Records, GSA, St. > > Louis, MO > > Phone contact was made by this office and was informed that > > this WAS NOT TRUE and they knew nothing of this nature. > > We will continue to monitor this situation. > > ----------------------- > > >