In a message dated 12/13/04 6:04:21 AM, rltjwelty@yahoo.com writes: >Looking for a Harold McCarty He joined the service in St. Louis Mo. And >was in the Air Force Somewhere in St. Louis or close to it. He was a prisoner >of War . He was born in 1920 not sure what war he was in. And after the >war went to live in Iowa were he was born and had family. TRY LOOKING ACROSS THE RIVER IN ST. CLAIR COUNTY WHERE THEY HAD/HAVE(?) AN AIR FOCE BASE. I REMEMBER "SCOTT FIELD" WAS A BIG HUB FOR AIR FORCE FOLKS DURING WWII. GOOD LUCK!~

Chanute Air Force Base was near Champaign, Illinois......not too awfully far from St. Louis. You might check for records there. I think that base was closed some time ago. Linda -----Original Message----- From: Sdrese@aol.com [mailto:Sdrese@aol.com] Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 10:04 AM To: MOSTLOUI-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Air Force World War 2 In a message dated 12/13/04 6:04:21 AM, rltjwelty@yahoo.com writes: >Looking for a Harold McCarty He joined the service in St. Louis Mo. And >was in the Air Force Somewhere in St. Louis or close to it. He was a prisoner >of War . He was born in 1920 not sure what war he was in. And after the >war went to live in Iowa were he was born and had family. TRY LOOKING ACROSS THE RIVER IN ST. CLAIR COUNTY WHERE THEY HAD/HAVE(?) AN AIR FOCE BASE. I REMEMBER "SCOTT FIELD" WAS A BIG HUB FOR AIR FORCE FOLKS DURING WWII. GOOD LUCK!~ ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx