At 12:12 PM 1/6/2001 -0800, someone wrote: --- begin quoted portion of your message --- Received this off another MailingList... I have not verified this to be true.... Source: An American Legion Post newsletter in Maryland "The Veterans Administration has reported discovering 10 million duplicates of 20th Century Military Records. These records were thought to have been destroyed in a 1973 fire which wiped out most Army records from 1912 to 1960 and most Air Force records from 1947 to 1964. If you need records that you were told were burned, you may contact: Veterans Personnel Records, GSA, St. Louis, MO 63132. ... --- end quoted portion of your message --- 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. ----------------------- I have also received reports from individuals who have attempted to follow up on this report, only to be disappointed when the Personnel Records office told them it was not true. Rollie

Hi Rollie! It is so good to hear from you again. When I was first starting out on the Oconto County site over two years ago, Rollie helped me so much with organization of material, finding this material, deciding what would be most useful, formatting suggestions, and so much more. He is my hero. Rita "Rollie Littlewood (by way of Tim Stowell )" wrote: > At 12:12 PM 1/6/2001 -0800, someone wrote: > --- begin quoted portion of your message --- > Received this off another MailingList... I have not verified this to > be true.... > > Source: An American Legion Post newsletter in Maryland > > "The Veterans Administration has reported discovering 10 million > duplicates of 20th Century Military Records. These records were thought > to have been destroyed in a 1973 fire which wiped out most Army records > from 1912 to 1960 and most Air Force records from 1947 to 1964. If you > need records that you were told were burned, you may contact: Veterans > Personnel Records, GSA, St. Louis, MO 63132. > ... > --- end quoted portion of your message --- > > 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. > ----------------------- > > I have also received reports from individuals who have attempted to > follow up on this report, only to be disappointed when the Personnel > Records office told them it was not true. > > Rollie > > ==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Juneau County WIGenWeb Project Pages > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wijuneau/