Jerry The National Personnel Records Center is at: http://www.nara.gov/regional/mpr.html This tells you how to get military records. As far as your Dad's records having perished, only Army and Air Force records were destroyed by the 1973 fire. Jim Lewis, Seguin TX -----Original Message----- From: Rootsman757@aol.com <Rootsman757@aol.com> To: NJBURLIN-L@rootsweb.com <NJBURLIN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 8:19 AM Subject: [NJBurlin] Burlington County Querys (WWII) >My father was in the sixth Marine Division during WWII. He was in Okinawa as >well as China after the war. I have his discharge papers, but all they tell >me is dates of service, and where he enlisted and got discharged. Is there >still a way to get a hold of his records? Someone told me that they may have >parished. Any help would be appreciated. I found a great web site on the >Sixth Marine division. They have a picture on there that I was happy that >included my Dad. It also has on there newsletters that have an account of >what it was like to be there. Jerry Varner > >http://www.sixthmarinedivision.com/ > >