In a message dated 6/5/2006 4:00:43 P.M. Central Daylight Time, diamond6468@mindspring.com writes: http://members.aol.com/Head0Class/Bios/GIMenu.htm Great site and lots of interesting stories. Thanks for passing this on. Adrienne

Paul Thanks for the site and I will definitely look through it. I appreciate your help. Adrienne Inman

World War II Prisoners of War Data File, 12/7/1941 - 11/19/1946 Title: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 - 1947, documenting the period 12/7/1941 - 11/19/1946 Creator: War Department. Adjutant General's Office. (3/4/1907 - 9/18/1947). (Most Recent) Type of Archival Materials: Data Files Textual Records Level of Description: Series from Record Group 389: Records of the Office of the Provost Marshal General Other Titles: W.D. A.G.O. FORM NO. 0326 Location: NWME Electronic and Special Media Records Services Division National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001 (phone) 301-837-0470 (fax) 301-837-3681 (e-mail) cer@nara.gov Inclusive Dates: 1942 - 1947 Coverage Dates: 12/7/1941 - 11/19/1946 Date Note: December 7, 1941 to November 19, 1946 are the earliest and latest report dates in the records. The 1942 to 1947 dates indicate the time period when the Adjutant General's Office created and maintained the database. Part of: Record Group 389: Records of the Office of the Provost Marshal General Function and Use: Using copies of reports from the International Committee of the Red Cross, the agency produced records on U.S. military and civilian prisoners of war and internees, as well as for some Allied internees. The agency used these records to generate monthly reports. Scope & Content Note: This series has information about U.S. military officers and soldiers and U.S. and some Allied civilians who were prisoners of war and internees. The record for each prisoner provides serial number, personal name, branch of service or civilian status, grade, date reported, race, state of residence, type of organization, parent unit number and type, place of capture (theater of war), source of report, status, detaining power, and prisoner of war or civilian internee camp site. Records of prisoners of the Japanese who died also document whether the prisoner was on a Japanese ship that sank or if he or she died during transport from the Philippine Islands to Japan. There are no records for some prisoners of war whose names appear in the lists or cables transmitted to the Office of the Provost Marshal General by the International Committee of the Red Cross. Access Restrictions: Unrestricted General Note: The other title, "W.D.A.G.O. FORM NO. 0326," was printed on each punch card. It is the form number that the War Department used to reference this series. The punch card records were transferred to NARA with virtually no agency documentation. NARA staff constructed documentation from paper records in the Records of the Office of the Provost Marshal (RG 389) and the Records of the Adjutant General's Office (RG 407). Additional information about the Adjutant General's Office, Machine Records Units and the coding of the POW cards may be found in Lee A. Gladwin, "Top Secret: Recovering and Breaking the US Army and Army Air Force Order of Battle Codes, 1941-1945,"

http://members.aol.com/Head0Class/Bios/GIMenu.htm This link has a lot of personal information of some of the men in WW2, also a lot of links to other sites, lots of photos, if you find someone related, let us know. delilah

Paul: Thanks for the information. I had no idea that so many different types of vessels were used to bring the troops home. Unfortunately for me, that means I will probably never know what the name of the ship was that took him home....unless I find someone who left during that time period..... Adrienne

I 'surf' the internet, (keeps me off the streets) a lot of times I run across information about certain people,. units, etc that were in WW2, does anyone mind if I send these to the list - some have photos or links and names with other material - there are some good sites about the people and some have some photos - list admin, what do you think? delilah

I think they even have decals and flags - there are also groups who get together that are in the same area, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Hinkle" <pdhinkle@yahoo.com> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 3:14 PM Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] insignia identification question | FYI: A blue star mothers pin is about the size of a Lt. bar a blue star on a white field and a red border. with 1 2 OR 3 stars on the white field. I recently gave one to a Mom who had 2 children in Iraqi. Paul Hinkle | | Delilah <diamond6468@mindspring.com> wrote: There is what is NOW called the Blue Star Moms and I guess Dads too, it | means you had a person die in combat - usually the Marines were what I hear | when I think Blue Star Moms. | delilah | ----- Original Message ----- | From: | To: | Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 7:11 PM | Subject: [WORLD WAR II] insignia identification question | | || today I bought a box of loose jewelry which contained some military | items. || An Honorable Discharge pin and a gold star pin with a single bar or a 1 | on || it, I am thinking it is a bar. Blue background. Does anyone know what the | star || pin is about. || Sherry || || || ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== || Please do not send virus warnings to the list. If you have concerns about | a virus, contact your list admin or join VIRUS-DISCUSSIONS-L@rootsweb.com | subscribe in the subject line. We are an international list. Please | remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what country you | are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give dates please | help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 | or Nov 4, 1944. || || ============================== || Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. || New content added every business day. Learn more: || http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx || | | | | ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== | We welcome tributes of your World War II ancestors. We are an international list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. | | ============================== | 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 | | | | | Yahoo is my non-personal mail. For personal mail only use <pdhinkle@radiotower.net> | __________________________________________________ | Do You Yahoo!? | Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around | http://mail.yahoo.com | | | ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== | We welcome tributes of your World War II ancestors. We are an international list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. | | ============================== | Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. | Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx |

Thanks Ellis - I wasn't involved with the original question, but learned a lot from your answer. Regards, Dave Ellis Hosbach wrote: > The Form 20 is 8"x10 1/2" and was never in an envelope and was never rolled > . Across the bottom on the reverse side is, "IMPORTANT--UNDER NO > CIRCUMSTANCES WILL THIS CARD BE FOLDED, ROLLED, OR CREASED". The reason > being that to do so would interfere with the sorting when ................... >

http://members.aol.com/ItalyHistory/Points.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: <INZP@aol.com> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 1:10 PM Subject: [WORLD WAR II] ASR SCORE - US ARMY | Could someone explain what an ASR score is and what the number or points for | the score mean? A Lapel button was issued but I don't know if it was | because of the points. Thank you. | | Adrienne Inman | | | ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== | http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Military:_20th_Century/WORLDWAR2.html | This is the link to our archives. You may search or browse. Also, subscribe or unsubscribe and contact admin. We are an international list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. | | ============================== | Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. | Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx |

whats the number ----- Original Message ----- From: <INZP@aol.com> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 1:10 PM Subject: [WORLD WAR II] ASR SCORE - US ARMY | Could someone explain what an ASR score is and what the number or points for | the score mean? A Lapel button was issued but I don't know if it was | because of the points. Thank you. | | Adrienne Inman | | | ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== | http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Military:_20th_Century/WORLDWAR2.html | This is the link to our archives. You may search or browse. Also, subscribe or unsubscribe and contact admin. We are an international list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. | | ============================== | Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. | Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx |

Adrienne: Here is one more to try http://www.usmm.org/ There is a lot of info there. Paul Hinkle INZP@aol.com wrote: Paul: Thanks for the information. I had no idea that so many different types of vessels were used to bring the troops home. Unfortunately for me, that means I will probably never know what the name of the ship was that took him home....unless I find someone who left during that time period..... Adrienne ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== Please do not send virus warnings to the list. If you have concerns about a virus, contact your list admin or join VIRUS-DISCUSSIONS-L@rootsweb.com subscribe in the subject line. We are an international list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx Yahoo is my non-personal mail. For personal mail only use <pdhinkle@radiotower.net> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Could someone explain what an ASR score is and what the number or points for the score mean? A Lapel button was issued but I don't know if it was because of the points. Thank you. Adrienne Inman

Thank you for giving me the names of the two ports. Now I just have to determine which port and which ship. Must have been quite old to take 17 days to travel to the states. Thanks for taking the time to reply to my question. Adrienne Inman

Delilah Thanks for the information. Every piece of information helps. Adrienne

Adriene: After WW2 fighting was over in Europe the military brought every thing home that would float. I had a friend in Italy who came home on a NYC car Fairy. A flat bottom that rounded with every wave. All GIs wanted Home. Paul Hinkle INZP@aol.com wrote: Thank you for giving me the names of the two ports. Now I just have to determine which port and which ship. Must have been quite old to take 17 days to travel to the states. Thanks for taking the time to reply to my question. Adrienne Inman ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== We are an international list! Please, always tell the list what country your ancestor is from. This helps all of us, especially you! If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx Yahoo is my non-personal mail. For personal mail only use <pdhinkle@radiotower.net> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

FYI: A blue star mothers pin is about the size of a Lt. bar a blue star on a white field and a red border. with 1 2 OR 3 stars on the white field. I recently gave one to a Mom who had 2 children in Iraqi. Paul Hinkle Delilah <diamond6468@mindspring.com> wrote: There is what is NOW called the Blue Star Moms and I guess Dads too, it means you had a person die in combat - usually the Marines were what I hear when I think Blue Star Moms. delilah ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 7:11 PM Subject: [WORLD WAR II] insignia identification question | today I bought a box of loose jewelry which contained some military items. | An Honorable Discharge pin and a gold star pin with a single bar or a 1 on | it, I am thinking it is a bar. Blue background. Does anyone know what the star | pin is about. | Sherry | | | ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== | Please do not send virus warnings to the list. If you have concerns about a virus, contact your list admin or join VIRUS-DISCUSSIONS-L@rootsweb.com subscribe in the subject line. We are an international list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. | | ============================== | Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. | New content added every business day. Learn more: | http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx | ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== We welcome tributes of your World War II ancestors. We are an international list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. ============================== 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 Yahoo is my non-personal mail. For personal mail only use <pdhinkle@radiotower.net> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

That may not be a Blue Star mom button, theirs have a blue star in the middle ----- Original Message ----- From: <MrsTroupe@aol.com> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 7:11 PM Subject: [WORLD WAR II] insignia identification question | today I bought a box of loose jewelry which contained some military items. | An Honorable Discharge pin and a gold star pin with a single bar or a 1 on | it, I am thinking it is a bar. Blue background. Does anyone know what the star | pin is about. | Sherry | | | ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== | Please do not send virus warnings to the list. If you have concerns about a virus, contact your list admin or join VIRUS-DISCUSSIONS-L@rootsweb.com subscribe in the subject line. We are an international list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. | | ============================== | Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. | New content added every business day. Learn more: | http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx |

W.D.A.G.O. stands for "War Department. Adjutant General's Office" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ellis Hosbach" <ewh@adelphia.net> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 6:14 PM Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Questions re Discharge Papers for U.S. Army | Adrienne, he was sworn in 27 Mar 43 and ordered to report for Active Duty 2 | Apr 43. During that 7 day period he was ERC. The Honorable Discharge shows | the last Unit in which he served. Page 5 of Service Record, W.D.A.G.O. Form | 24, March 1, 1941 shows, under "ORIGINAL ASSIGNMENT AND ORGANIZATIONS TO | WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY ASSIGNED DURING THIS ENLISTMENT PERIOD, would show his | other units. | Ellis Hosbach | Bethel Park, PA | | | | ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== | We welcome tributes of your World War II ancestors. We are an international list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. | | ============================== | View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find | marriage announcements and more. Learn more: | http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx |

There is what is NOW called the Blue Star Moms and I guess Dads too, it means you had a person die in combat - usually the Marines were what I hear when I think Blue Star Moms. delilah ----- Original Message ----- From: <MrsTroupe@aol.com> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 7:11 PM Subject: [WORLD WAR II] insignia identification question | today I bought a box of loose jewelry which contained some military items. | An Honorable Discharge pin and a gold star pin with a single bar or a 1 on | it, I am thinking it is a bar. Blue background. Does anyone know what the star | pin is about. | Sherry | | | ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== | Please do not send virus warnings to the list. If you have concerns about a virus, contact your list admin or join VIRUS-DISCUSSIONS-L@rootsweb.com subscribe in the subject line. We are an international list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. | | ============================== | Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. | New content added every business day. Learn more: | http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx |

http://www.bluestarmothers.org/ The story of the Blue Star Moms ----- Original Message ----- From: <MrsTroupe@aol.com> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 7:11 PM Subject: [WORLD WAR II] insignia identification question | today I bought a box of loose jewelry which contained some military items. | An Honorable Discharge pin and a gold star pin with a single bar or a 1 on | it, I am thinking it is a bar. Blue background. Does anyone know what the star | pin is about. | Sherry | | | ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== | Please do not send virus warnings to the list. If you have concerns about a virus, contact your list admin or join VIRUS-DISCUSSIONS-L@rootsweb.com subscribe in the subject line. We are an international list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. | | ============================== | Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. | New content added every business day. Learn more: | http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx |