Very pleased for you, Muriel. My big problem is that I was illegitimate and then adopted, so have no 'claim' to my father under Canadian law. When I first started looking I did not have his full name, service number, rank and unit and the authorities just did not want to know. Subsequently, by other means, I did get much of the information and I do now have a copy of his record, but around 50% of it is blacked-out, including all the genealogical information! So, not a great deal of use to me. Anyway, glad that it worked out better for you. Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian & Muriel Caldwell" <ianandmurielcaldwell@ontera.net> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 7:29 PM Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Canadian Info > Richard I applied in 2004 and recieved my fathers WW11 service records and > did not have his service number nor was I sure of the regiment he was in or > even where he enlisted. A first search for me turned up nothing for my > father I emailed back and asked to have him searched under his nickname and > there he was they found him. > I did have his place of birth (Belfast, Ireland), his date of birth which > by the way didn't match with his records, his parents names and his death > cert. It took one and a half years to recieve the records due to thier > backlog. Was well worth the wait found out I have 2 half siblings I have > never met YET. Muriel > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "esx goring" <esx@goring1941.freeserve.co.uk> > To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 4:29 PM > Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Canadian Info > > > > Hi, Sally. > > > > I do not offer encouraging news. I have been trying to get hold of my > > Canadian father's service details for some years, but have been denied. > All > > the Canadian World War II service records are still closed to the public > and > > will remain so for many years yet - UNLESS you are the serviceman > concerned > > or immediate next-of-kin and can satisfy the authorities that he/she is > dead > > or can show that the person has been dead 20 or more years. And without > > service numbers the Canadian National Archives people will not even look > for > > records. > > > > Richard Goring > > visit my website at http://www.goring1941.freeserve.co.uk for: > > The Register of Essex-Related Dead of World War II [ROERDOWW2] > > The South-East Essex War Memorials & Monumental Inscriptions Project > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "logan" <afineday@ontariointernet.com> > > To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 7:42 PM > > Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Canadian Info > > > > > > > Hi there: > > > Does anyone know if there is a Canadian equivalent for this kind of > info? > > > I am searching for five of my Cdn uncles who served in WWII. They are > all > > > deceased now. I don't have their service numbers or anyone left alive > > that > > > I can ask. > > > One (Alexander Rail - wounded) was with the Canadian Royal Engineers & > > > another (Joseph Rail) was with the 5th Div, 9th Brigade, Highland Light > > > Infantry of Canada > > > I don't know where the other three were. Any help would be VERY > > gratefully > > > received. Thank you..........Sal > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Delilah" <diamond6468@mindspring.com> > > > To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 1:20 PM > > > Subject: [WORLD WAR II] Henry Louis Lairson > > > > > > > > > > U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Record > > > > about Henry L Lairson > > > > Name: Henry L Lairson > > > > Birth Year: 1922 > > > > Race: White, citizen > > > > Nativity State or Country: Missouri > > > > State: Texas > > > > County or City: Nueces > > > > > > > > Enlistment Date: 19 Nov 1940 > > > > Enlistment State: Texas > > > > Enlistment City: Fort Sam Houston > > > > Branch: Field Artillery > > > > Branch Code: Field Artillery > > > > Grade: Private > > > > Grade Code: Private > > > > Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, > Warrant > > > > Officers, and Enlisted Men) > > > > Source: Civil Life > > > > > > > > Education: 2 years of high school > > > > Civil Occupation: Actor (Motion picture actor. ) or > > Director, > > > > Motion Picture (Motion picture director.) or Entertainer > > > > Marital Status: Single, without dependents > > > > Height: 69 > > > > Weight: 135 > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Texas Deaths, 1964-98 Record > > > > about Henry Louis Lairson > > > > Name: Henry Louis Lairson > > > > Death Date: 11 December 1979 > > > > Death County: ECTOR > > > > Gender: > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > - > > > > Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 Record > > > > about John Weldon Lairson > > > > Name: John Weldon Lairson > > > > Date of Birth: 16 Dec 1953 > > > > Gender: Male > > > > Birth County: Brazoria > > > > Father's Name: Henry Louis Lairson > > > > Mother's Name: Naomi Ruth Williams > > > > Roll Number: 1953_0009 > > > > > > > > > > > > He apparently married and had a son. > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: <jlairson1953@peoplepc.com> > > > > To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 12:05 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Family buries remains of WWII airman > > > discovered > > > > on California mountain > > > > > > > > > > > > | I'm trying to find out what unit my father-in-law was in and where > he > > > > might > > > > | have been stationed in WWII... > > > > | his name was Corporal Henry Louis Lairson, 18 013 976, Regular Army, > , > > > > Sept > > > > | 1940 to August 2, 1945, Enlistment City, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, > > Field > > > > | Artillery, supposedly seperated out to Fort Sam Houston, Bexar > > County, > > > > | Texas.... Honorable Discharge.... I am trying to find a copy of his > > > DD-214 > > > > | ( or what ever they called it then ) ... so I can re-order any > medals > > > that > > > > | he may have received.... St Louis sent me a copy of his Certifcate > of > > > > | Service, but it only gives the basic info that I have above... > anyone > > > with > > > > | info pleas help....I have check with Bexar County, and Nueces County > ( > > > > | supposedly home of record) at their County Clerks office for > > registered > > > > | info, but no one seems to know what I'm talking about.......thank > > > > | you.....Judy Lairson judy_lairson2000@yahoo.com > > > > | ----- Original Message ----- > > > > | From: <KathNHNC71@aol.com> > > > > | To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > | Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 10:22 AM > > > > | Subject: [WORLD WAR II] Family buries remains of WWII airman > > discovered > > > on > > > > | California mountain > > > > | > > > > | > > > > | > > > > > | > > > > > | > Family buries remains of WWII airman discovered on California > > > mountain > > > > | > By PATRICK CONDON > > > > | > The Associated Press > > > > | > > > > > | > > > > > | > > > > > > > > > > > _http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002888242_frozen25.html_ > > > > | > > > > > > > > > > > (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002888242_frozen25.html) > > > > | > > > > > | > > > > > | > ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== > > > > | > To post queries/answers to the list, send an email to: > > > > | > WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com We are an international list. 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Would there be old newspapers in the libraries in Canada that may have stories of the war - I would think you could find info on the units as they wrote many stories of the miilitary at war - there may even be a book or something about the particular unit ----- Original Message ----- From: "esx goring" <esx@goring1941.freeserve.co.uk> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 8:48 AM Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Canadian Info | Things are not much better this side of the Atlantic, Sal. Much the same | rules and secretive 'logic' apply to the UK as to Canada. We do now have a | Freedom of Information Act, but it is not a lot of help on matters like | this. Do kep plugging away, though, and console yourself with the thought | that at some future date - I suspect around 15 years - the WWII Canadian | service records will finally be released to the public domain. | | Richard | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "logan" <afineday@ontariointernet.com> | To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> | Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 4:31 AM | Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Canadian Info | | | > Hi Richard: | > Thank you for your reply. I know it's literally impossible for me to | > anything from the Cdn govt re my uncles. Four of my five uncles have not | > been deceased for the 20 year requirement. Also, I was told I either have | > to have their service record number OR their social insurance number. I | > have neither. | > It is sad that Americans can get so much more info than we can get here in | > Canada. | > I just keep hoping for a miracle.............Sal | > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | > | > ----- Original Message ----- | > From: "esx goring" <esx@goring1941.freeserve.co.uk> | > To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> | > Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 4:29 PM | > Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Canadian Info | > | > | > > Hi, Sally. | > > | > > I do not offer encouraging news. I have been trying to get hold of my | > > Canadian father's service details for some years, but have been denied. | > All | > > the Canadian World War II service records are still closed to the public | > and | > > will remain so for many years yet - UNLESS you are the serviceman | > concerned | > > or immediate next-of-kin and can satisfy the authorities that he/she is | > dead | > > or can show that the person has been dead 20 or more years. And without | > > service numbers the Canadian National Archives people will not even look | > for | > > records. | > > | > > Richard Goring | > > visit my website at http://www.goring1941.freeserve.co.uk for: | > > The Register of Essex-Related Dead of World War II [ROERDOWW2] | > > The South-East Essex War Memorials & Monumental Inscriptions Project | > > | > > | > > ----- Original Message ----- | > > From: "logan" <afineday@ontariointernet.com> | > > To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> | > > Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 7:42 PM | > > Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Canadian Info | > > | > > | > > > Hi there: | > > > Does anyone know if there is a Canadian equivalent for this kind of | > info? | > > > I am searching for five of my Cdn uncles who served in WWII. They are | > all | > > > deceased now. I don't have their service numbers or anyone left alive | > > that | > > > I can ask. | > > > One (Alexander Rail - wounded) was with the Canadian Royal Engineers & | > > > another (Joseph Rail) was with the 5th Div, 9th Brigade, Highland | Light | > > > Infantry of Canada | > > > I don't know where the other three were. Any help would be VERY | > > gratefully | > > > received. Thank you..........Sal | > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | > > > ----- Original Message ----- | > > > From: "Delilah" <diamond6468@mindspring.com> | > > > To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> | > > > Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 1:20 PM | > > > Subject: [WORLD WAR II] Henry Louis Lairson | > > > | > > > | > > > > U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Record | > > > > about Henry L Lairson | > > > > Name: Henry L Lairson | > > > > Birth Year: 1922 | > > > > Race: White, citizen | > > > > Nativity State or Country: Missouri | > > > > State: Texas | > > > > County or City: Nueces | > > > > | > > > > Enlistment Date: 19 Nov 1940 | > > > > Enlistment State: Texas | > > > > Enlistment City: Fort Sam Houston | > > > > Branch: Field Artillery | > > > > Branch Code: Field Artillery | > > > > Grade: Private | > > > > Grade Code: Private | > > > > Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, | > Warrant | > > > > Officers, and Enlisted Men) | > > > > Source: Civil Life | > > > > | > > > > Education: 2 years of high school | > > > > Civil Occupation: Actor (Motion picture actor. ) or | > > Director, | > > > > Motion Picture (Motion picture director.) or Entertainer | > > > > Marital Status: Single, without dependents | > > > > Height: 69 | > > > > Weight: 135 | > > > > | > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ | > > > > Texas Deaths, 1964-98 Record | > > > > about Henry Louis Lairson | > > > > Name: Henry Louis Lairson | > > > > Death Date: 11 December 1979 | > > > > Death County: ECTOR | > > > > Gender: | > > > > | > > > | > > -------------------------------------------------------------- | > > > - | > > > > Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 Record | > > > > about John Weldon Lairson | > > > > Name: John Weldon Lairson | > > > > Date of Birth: 16 Dec 1953 | > > > > Gender: Male | > > > > Birth County: Brazoria | > > > > Father's Name: Henry Louis Lairson | > > > > Mother's Name: Naomi Ruth Williams | > > > > Roll Number: 1953_0009 | > > > > | > > > > | > > > > He apparently married and had a son. | > > > | > > -------------------------------------------------------------- | > > > ------------- | > > > > | > > > > | > > > > ----- Original Message ----- | > > > > From: <jlairson1953@peoplepc.com> | > > > > To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> | > > > > Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 12:05 PM | > > > > Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Family buries remains of WWII airman | > > > discovered | > > > > on California mountain | > > > > | > > > > | > > > > | I'm trying to find out what unit my father-in-law was in and | where | > he | > > > > might | > > > > | have been stationed in WWII... | > > > > | his name was Corporal Henry Louis Lairson, 18 013 976, Regular | Army, | > , | > > > > Sept | > > > > | 1940 to August 2, 1945, Enlistment City, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, | > > Field | > > > > | Artillery, supposedly seperated out to Fort Sam Houston, Bexar | > > County, | > > > > | Texas.... Honorable Discharge.... I am trying to find a copy of | his | > > > DD-214 | > > > > | ( or what ever they called it then ) ... so I can re-order any | > medals | > > > that | > > > > | he may have received.... St Louis sent me a copy of his Certifcate | > of | > > > > | Service, but it only gives the basic info that I have above... | > anyone | > > > with | > > > > | info pleas help....I have check with Bexar County, and Nueces | County | > ( | > > > > | supposedly home of record) at their County Clerks office for | > > registered | > > > > | info, but no one seems to know what I'm talking about.......thank | > > > > | you.....Judy Lairson judy_lairson2000@yahoo.com | > > > > | ----- Original Message ----- | > > > > | From: <KathNHNC71@aol.com> | > > > > | To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> | > > > > | Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 10:22 AM | > > > > | Subject: [WORLD WAR II] Family buries remains of WWII airman | > > discovered | > > > on | > > > > | California mountain | > > > > | | > > > > | | > > > > | > | > > > > | > | > > > > | > Family buries remains of WWII airman discovered on California | > > > mountain | > > > > | > By PATRICK CONDON | > > > > | > The Associated Press | > > > > | > | > > > > | > | > > > > | > | > > > > | > > > | > > | > | _http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002888242_frozen25.html_ | > > > > | > | > > > > | > > > | > > | > | (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002888242_frozen25.html) | > > > > | > | > > > > | > | > > > > | > ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== | > > > > | > To post queries/answers to the list, send an email to: | > > > > | > WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com We are an international list. 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I think you may be wrong on the not have "claim" - all adoptees are supposed to have all rights, etc. as any natural born child - hope what you say is not true in Ca, as I know in the US, it is not true. ----- Original Message ----- From: "esx goring" <esx@goring1941.freeserve.co.uk> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 8:43 AM Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Canadian Info | Very pleased for you, Muriel. My big problem is that I was illegitimate and | then adopted, so have no 'claim' to my father under Canadian law. When I | first started looking I did not have his full name, service number, rank and | unit and the authorities just did not want to know. Subsequently, by other | means, I did get much of the information and I do now have a copy of his | record, but around 50% of it is blacked-out, including all the genealogical | information! So, not a great deal of use to me. | | Anyway, glad that it worked out better for you. | | Richard | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Ian & Muriel Caldwell" <ianandmurielcaldwell@ontera.net> | To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> | Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 7:29 PM | Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Canadian Info | | | > Richard I applied in 2004 and recieved my fathers WW11 service records and | > did not have his service number nor was I sure of the regiment he was in | or | > even where he enlisted. A first search for me turned up nothing for my | > father I emailed back and asked to have him searched under his nickname | and | > there he was they found him. | > I did have his place of birth (Belfast, Ireland), his date of birth | which | > by the way didn't match with his records, his parents names and his death | > cert. It took one and a half years to recieve the records due to thier | > backlog. Was well worth the wait found out I have 2 half siblings I have | > never met YET. Muriel | > | > | > ----- Original Message ----- | > From: "esx goring" <esx@goring1941.freeserve.co.uk> | > To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> | > Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 4:29 PM | > Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Canadian Info | > | > | > > Hi, Sally. | > > | > > I do not offer encouraging news. I have been trying to get hold of my | > > Canadian father's service details for some years, but have been denied. | > All | > > the Canadian World War II service records are still closed to the public | > and | > > will remain so for many years yet - UNLESS you are the serviceman | > concerned | > > or immediate next-of-kin and can satisfy the authorities that he/she is | > dead | > > or can show that the person has been dead 20 or more years. And without | > > service numbers the Canadian National Archives people will not even look | > for | > > records. | > > | > > Richard Goring | > > visit my website at http://www.goring1941.freeserve.co.uk for: | > > The Register of Essex-Related Dead of World War II [ROERDOWW2] | > > The South-East Essex War Memorials & Monumental Inscriptions Project | > > | > > | > > ----- Original Message ----- | > > From: "logan" <afineday@ontariointernet.com> | > > To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> | > > Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 7:42 PM | > > Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Canadian Info | > > | > > | > > > Hi there: | > > > Does anyone know if there is a Canadian equivalent for this kind of | > info? | > > > I am searching for five of my Cdn uncles who served in WWII. They are | > all | > > > deceased now. I don't have their service numbers or anyone left alive | > > that | > > > I can ask. | > > > One (Alexander Rail - wounded) was with the Canadian Royal Engineers & | > > > another (Joseph Rail) was with the 5th Div, 9th Brigade, Highland | Light | > > > Infantry of Canada | > > > I don't know where the other three were. Any help would be VERY | > > gratefully | > > > received. Thank you..........Sal | > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | > > > ----- Original Message ----- | > > > From: "Delilah" <diamond6468@mindspring.com> | > > > To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> | > > > Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 1:20 PM | > > > Subject: [WORLD WAR II] Henry Louis Lairson | > > > | > > > | > > > > U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Record | > > > > about Henry L Lairson | > > > > Name: Henry L Lairson | > > > > Birth Year: 1922 | > > > > Race: White, citizen | > > > > Nativity State or Country: Missouri | > > > > State: Texas | > > > > County or City: Nueces | > > > > | > > > > Enlistment Date: 19 Nov 1940 | > > > > Enlistment State: Texas | > > > > Enlistment City: Fort Sam Houston | > > > > Branch: Field Artillery | > > > > Branch Code: Field Artillery | > > > > Grade: Private | > > > > Grade Code: Private | > > > > Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, | > Warrant | > > > > Officers, and Enlisted Men) | > > > > Source: Civil Life | > > > > | > > > > Education: 2 years of high school | > > > > Civil Occupation: Actor (Motion picture actor. ) or | > > Director, | > > > > Motion Picture (Motion picture director.) or Entertainer | > > > > Marital Status: Single, without dependents | > > > > Height: 69 | > > > > Weight: 135 | > > > > | > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ | > > > > Texas Deaths, 1964-98 Record | > > > > about Henry Louis Lairson | > > > > Name: Henry Louis Lairson | > > > > Death Date: 11 December 1979 | > > > > Death County: ECTOR | > > > > Gender: | > > > > | > > > | > > -------------------------------------------------------------- | > > > - | > > > > Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 Record | > > > > about John Weldon Lairson | > > > > Name: John Weldon Lairson | > > > > Date of Birth: 16 Dec 1953 | > > > > Gender: Male | > > > > Birth County: Brazoria | > > > > Father's Name: Henry Louis Lairson | > > > > Mother's Name: Naomi Ruth Williams | > > > > Roll Number: 1953_0009 | > > > > | > > > > | > > > > He apparently married and had a son. | > > > | > > -------------------------------------------------------------- | > > > ------------- | > > > > | > > > > | > > > > ----- Original Message ----- | > > > > From: <jlairson1953@peoplepc.com> | > > > > To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> | > > > > Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 12:05 PM | > > > > Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Family buries remains of WWII airman | > > > discovered | > > > > on California mountain | > > > > | > > > > | > > > > | I'm trying to find out what unit my father-in-law was in and | where | > he | > > > > might | > > > > | have been stationed in WWII... | > > > > | his name was Corporal Henry Louis Lairson, 18 013 976, Regular | Army, | > , | > > > > Sept | > > > > | 1940 to August 2, 1945, Enlistment City, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, | > > Field | > > > > | Artillery, supposedly seperated out to Fort Sam Houston, Bexar | > > County, | > > > > | Texas.... Honorable Discharge.... I am trying to find a copy of | his | > > > DD-214 | > > > > | ( or what ever they called it then ) ... so I can re-order any | > medals | > > > that | > > > > | he may have received.... St Louis sent me a copy of his Certifcate | > of | > > > > | Service, but it only gives the basic info that I have above... | > anyone | > > > with | > > > > | info pleas help....I have check with Bexar County, and Nueces | County | > ( | > > > > | supposedly home of record) at their County Clerks office for | > > registered | > > > > | info, but no one seems to know what I'm talking about.......thank | > > > > | you.....Judy Lairson judy_lairson2000@yahoo.com | > > > > | ----- Original Message ----- | > > > > | From: <KathNHNC71@aol.com> | > > > > | To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> | > > > > | Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 10:22 AM | > > > > | Subject: [WORLD WAR II] Family buries remains of WWII airman | > > discovered | > > > on | > > > > | California mountain | > > > > | | > > > > | | > > > > | > | > > > > | > | > > > > | > Family buries remains of WWII airman discovered on California | > > > mountain | > > > > | > By PATRICK CONDON | > > > > | > The Associated Press | > > > > | > | > > > > | > | > > > > | > | > > > > | > > > | > > | > | _http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002888242_frozen25.html_ | > > > > | > | > > > > | > > > | > > | > | (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002888242_frozen25.html) | > > > > | > | > > > > | > | > > > > | > ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== | > > > > | > To post queries/answers to the list, send an email to: | > > > > | > WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com We are an international list. 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Did it tell which state he was from? ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Wilson" <hugo@actrix.gen.nz> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 6:01 AM Subject: [WORLD WAR II] MIA Private Martin Odenthal, found in Solomons | Hi All: | | The American whose body was found recently in the Solomons was | a soldier not an airman, Private Martin Odenthal, who died on 10 | January 1943 in the Battle of Guadalcanal. His brother Albert died | later on Guadalcanal, and another brother Ralph in the Navy was | sent home after news of the deaths came through. | | His unmarked grave could not be found after the war, but his | remains and dog tag were found by Sam Besi from the village of | Barana recently, and were sent back to America last week. Also 35 | used shells from his M1 Garrand rifle. A New Zealand Regional | Assistance (Ramsi) Police team assisted in the return. | | (Dominion Post of 24 March 2006; Wellington NZ). | >From the Solomon Star, centre column: | http://www.solomonstarnews.com/drupal-4.4.1/?q=node/view/7196 | | Yours, John Wilson (New Zealand) | | | ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== | http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Military/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. | | ============================== | Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for | ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: | http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx |

its probably metric ----- Original Message ----- From: "GUTSCHKE ROGER" <Ejaygee@msn.com> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 10:04 PM Subject: [WORLD WAR II] Height and Weight query | | Could someone tell me what this means. On his WWII record his height is given as 43 and weight as 386. I haven't found any reference to tell me how to interpret that. Thanks for any help. | EJG | | | ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== | http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Military/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 |

They gave it a name after Vietnam, PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Syndrone, back in WW2 it was shell shock - it is not a pleasant life, I have PTSD from my previous employment. ----- Original Message ----- From: "logan" <afineday@ontariointernet.com> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 9:51 PM Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Canadian Info | Thank you for the official names of the regiments. I have spent many many | hours searching for where, when & what the Highland Lt Infantry of Cda did | overseas from 1940 to the end of the war and have gathered a good bit of | their history. A lot of it has made me cry. | Now I have started on the Royal Cdn Engineers and there doesn't seem to be | much on the net but I'm just starting. | I was only 7 years old when the war ended. I remember spending a weekend | visit at my grandmother's where one of my uncles was living. I woke up in | the middle of the night to hear him screaming. My grandmother told me he | was having a "bad dream". She told me my other uncles had "bad dreams" too. | I didn't understand then. Now, as I read more and more about World War II I | can only imagine what those nightmares were. | Sal | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Trevor Hamilton" <ktham@sympatico.ca> | To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> | Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 3:02 PM | Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Canadian Info | | | > To help you with your research, the correct title is: | > | > Royal Canadian Engineers. | > | > Highland Light Infantry of Canada was in the 9th Canadian Infantry | > Brigade, 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, and landed in Normandy on | > 6th June 1944. | > | > Trevor Hamilton | > | > | > One (Alexander Rail - wounded) was with the Canadian Royal Engineers & | > another (Joseph Rail) was with the 5th Div, 9th Brigade, Highland Light | > Infantry of Canada | > | > Thank you..........Sal | > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | > | > | > | > ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== | > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Military/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. | > | > ============================== | > 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 | > | > | | | | ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== | http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Military/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. | | ============================== | New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 |

Hi again, as we are on the subject , once again , of accessing servicemens records, here in the UK , the National Archives Customer Liaison officer Joe Kelly has emailed me to say that the NA are in current discussions with MOD to digitise the records . He says they will eventually come under the NA but are still in use by MOD for pension enquiries, medal enquiries etc , and he seemed to me to confirm that the records would automatically be opened 100 yrs after the birth of the serviceman , but that they were working on the idea of digitising and opening prior to that . I still think , that barring a digital miracle, that we shall still have to wait until 2020 ..........................

Hi there Muriel: Had your father joined the Canadian military? I have one of my uncle's birth record, names of his parents, his death record, & name of the regiment he was in, but not his Cdn service number nor his social insurance number. Can you tell me where you did your search and the email address? Anxiously awaiting your reply. Thank you in advance..........Sal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian & Muriel Caldwell" <ianandmurielcaldwell@ontera.net> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 1:29 PM Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Canadian Info > Richard I applied in 2004 and recieved my fathers WW11 service records and > did not have his service number nor was I sure of the regiment he was in or > even where he enlisted. A first search for me turned up nothing for my > father I emailed back and asked to have him searched under his nickname and > there he was they found him. > I did have his place of birth (Belfast, Ireland), his date of birth which > by the way didn't match with his records, his parents names and his death > cert. It took one and a half years to recieve the records due to thier > backlog. Was well worth the wait found out I have 2 half siblings I have > never met YET. Muriel > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "esx goring" <esx@goring1941.freeserve.co.uk> > To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 4:29 PM > Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Canadian Info > > > > Hi, Sally. > > > > I do not offer encouraging news. I have been trying to get hold of my > > Canadian father's service details for some years, but have been denied. > All > > the Canadian World War II service records are still closed to the public > and > > will remain so for many years yet - UNLESS you are the serviceman > concerned > > or immediate next-of-kin and can satisfy the authorities that he/she is > dead > > or can show that the person has been dead 20 or more years. And without > > service numbers the Canadian National Archives people will not even look > for > > records. > > > > Richard Goring > > visit my website at http://www.goring1941.freeserve.co.uk for: > > The Register of Essex-Related Dead of World War II [ROERDOWW2] > > The South-East Essex War Memorials & Monumental Inscriptions Project > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "logan" <afineday@ontariointernet.com> > > To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 7:42 PM > > Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Canadian Info > > > > > > > Hi there: > > > Does anyone know if there is a Canadian equivalent for this kind of > info? > > > I am searching for five of my Cdn uncles who served in WWII. They are > all > > > deceased now. I don't have their service numbers or anyone left alive > > that > > > I can ask. > > > One (Alexander Rail - wounded) was with the Canadian Royal Engineers & > > > another (Joseph Rail) was with the 5th Div, 9th Brigade, Highland Light > > > Infantry of Canada > > > I don't know where the other three were. Any help would be VERY > > gratefully > > > received. Thank you..........Sal > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Delilah" <diamond6468@mindspring.com> > > > To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 1:20 PM > > > Subject: [WORLD WAR II] Henry Louis Lairson > > > > > > > > > > U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Record > > > > about Henry L Lairson > > > > Name: Henry L Lairson > > > > Birth Year: 1922 > > > > Race: White, citizen > > > > Nativity State or Country: Missouri > > > > State: Texas > > > > County or City: Nueces > > > > > > > > Enlistment Date: 19 Nov 1940 > > > > Enlistment State: Texas > > > > Enlistment City: Fort Sam Houston > > > > Branch: Field Artillery > > > > Branch Code: Field Artillery > > > > Grade: Private > > > > Grade Code: Private > > > > Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, > Warrant > > > > Officers, and Enlisted Men) > > > > Source: Civil Life > > > > > > > > Education: 2 years of high school > > > > Civil Occupation: Actor (Motion picture actor. ) or > > Director, > > > > Motion Picture (Motion picture director.) or Entertainer > > > > Marital Status: Single, without dependents > > > > Height: 69 > > > > Weight: 135 > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Texas Deaths, 1964-98 Record > > > > about Henry Louis Lairson > > > > Name: Henry Louis Lairson > > > > Death Date: 11 December 1979 > > > > Death County: ECTOR > > > > Gender: > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > - > > > > Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 Record > > > > about John Weldon Lairson > > > > Name: John Weldon Lairson > > > > Date of Birth: 16 Dec 1953 > > > > Gender: Male > > > > Birth County: Brazoria > > > > Father's Name: Henry Louis Lairson > > > > Mother's Name: Naomi Ruth Williams > > > > Roll Number: 1953_0009 > > > > > > > > > > > > He apparently married and had a son. > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: <jlairson1953@peoplepc.com> > > > > To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 12:05 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Family buries remains of WWII airman > > > discovered > > > > on California mountain > > > > > > > > > > > > | I'm trying to find out what unit my father-in-law was in and where > he > > > > might > > > > | have been stationed in WWII... > > > > | his name was Corporal Henry Louis Lairson, 18 013 976, Regular Army, > , > > > > Sept > > > > | 1940 to August 2, 1945, Enlistment City, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, > > Field > > > > | Artillery, supposedly seperated out to Fort Sam Houston, Bexar > > County, > > > > | Texas.... Honorable Discharge.... I am trying to find a copy of his > > > DD-214 > > > > | ( or what ever they called it then ) ... so I can re-order any > medals > > > that > > > > | he may have received.... St Louis sent me a copy of his Certifcate > of > > > > | Service, but it only gives the basic info that I have above... > anyone > > > with > > > > | info pleas help....I have check with Bexar County, and Nueces County > ( > > > > | supposedly home of record) at their County Clerks office for > > registered > > > > | info, but no one seems to know what I'm talking about.......thank > > > > | you.....Judy Lairson judy_lairson2000@yahoo.com > > > > | ----- Original Message ----- > > > > | From: <KathNHNC71@aol.com> > > > > | To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > | Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 10:22 AM > > > > | Subject: [WORLD WAR II] Family buries remains of WWII airman > > discovered > > > on > > > > | California mountain > > > > | > > > > | > > > > | > > > > > | > > > > > | > Family buries remains of WWII airman discovered on California > > > mountain > > > > | > By PATRICK CONDON > > > > | > The Associated Press > > > > | > > > > > | > > > > > | > > > > > > > > > > > _http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002888242_frozen25.html_ > > > > | > > > > > > > > > > > (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002888242_frozen25.html) > > > > | > > > > > | > > > > > | > ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== > > > > | > To post queries/answers to the list, send an email to: > > > > | > WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com We are an international list. 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Hi Richard: Thank you for your reply. I know it's literally impossible for me to anything from the Cdn govt re my uncles. Four of my five uncles have not been deceased for the 20 year requirement. Also, I was told I either have to have their service record number OR their social insurance number. I have neither. It is sad that Americans can get so much more info than we can get here in Canada. I just keep hoping for a miracle.............Sal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----- Original Message ----- From: "esx goring" <esx@goring1941.freeserve.co.uk> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 4:29 PM Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Canadian Info > Hi, Sally. > > I do not offer encouraging news. I have been trying to get hold of my > Canadian father's service details for some years, but have been denied. All > the Canadian World War II service records are still closed to the public and > will remain so for many years yet - UNLESS you are the serviceman concerned > or immediate next-of-kin and can satisfy the authorities that he/she is dead > or can show that the person has been dead 20 or more years. And without > service numbers the Canadian National Archives people will not even look for > records. > > Richard Goring > visit my website at http://www.goring1941.freeserve.co.uk for: > The Register of Essex-Related Dead of World War II [ROERDOWW2] > The South-East Essex War Memorials & Monumental Inscriptions Project > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "logan" <afineday@ontariointernet.com> > To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 7:42 PM > Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Canadian Info > > > > Hi there: > > Does anyone know if there is a Canadian equivalent for this kind of info? > > I am searching for five of my Cdn uncles who served in WWII. They are all > > deceased now. I don't have their service numbers or anyone left alive > that > > I can ask. > > One (Alexander Rail - wounded) was with the Canadian Royal Engineers & > > another (Joseph Rail) was with the 5th Div, 9th Brigade, Highland Light > > Infantry of Canada > > I don't know where the other three were. Any help would be VERY > gratefully > > received. Thank you..........Sal > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Delilah" <diamond6468@mindspring.com> > > To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 1:20 PM > > Subject: [WORLD WAR II] Henry Louis Lairson > > > > > > > U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Record > > > about Henry L Lairson > > > Name: Henry L Lairson > > > Birth Year: 1922 > > > Race: White, citizen > > > Nativity State or Country: Missouri > > > State: Texas > > > County or City: Nueces > > > > > > Enlistment Date: 19 Nov 1940 > > > Enlistment State: Texas > > > Enlistment City: Fort Sam Houston > > > Branch: Field Artillery > > > Branch Code: Field Artillery > > > Grade: Private > > > Grade Code: Private > > > Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant > > > Officers, and Enlisted Men) > > > Source: Civil Life > > > > > > Education: 2 years of high school > > > Civil Occupation: Actor (Motion picture actor. ) or > Director, > > > Motion Picture (Motion picture director.) or Entertainer > > > Marital Status: Single, without dependents > > > Height: 69 > > > Weight: 135 > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > Texas Deaths, 1964-98 Record > > > about Henry Louis Lairson > > > Name: Henry Louis Lairson > > > Death Date: 11 December 1979 > > > Death County: ECTOR > > > Gender: > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > - > > > Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 Record > > > about John Weldon Lairson > > > Name: John Weldon Lairson > > > Date of Birth: 16 Dec 1953 > > > Gender: Male > > > Birth County: Brazoria > > > Father's Name: Henry Louis Lairson > > > Mother's Name: Naomi Ruth Williams > > > Roll Number: 1953_0009 > > > > > > > > > He apparently married and had a son. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------- > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <jlairson1953@peoplepc.com> > > > To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 12:05 PM > > > Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Family buries remains of WWII airman > > discovered > > > on California mountain > > > > > > > > > | I'm trying to find out what unit my father-in-law was in and where he > > > might > > > | have been stationed in WWII... > > > | his name was Corporal Henry Louis Lairson, 18 013 976, Regular Army, , > > > Sept > > > | 1940 to August 2, 1945, Enlistment City, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, > Field > > > | Artillery, supposedly seperated out to Fort Sam Houston, Bexar > County, > > > | Texas.... Honorable Discharge.... I am trying to find a copy of his > > DD-214 > > > | ( or what ever they called it then ) ... so I can re-order any medals > > that > > > | he may have received.... St Louis sent me a copy of his Certifcate of > > > | Service, but it only gives the basic info that I have above... anyone > > with > > > | info pleas help....I have check with Bexar County, and Nueces County ( > > > | supposedly home of record) at their County Clerks office for > registered > > > | info, but no one seems to know what I'm talking about.......thank > > > | you.....Judy Lairson judy_lairson2000@yahoo.com > > > | ----- Original Message ----- > > > | From: <KathNHNC71@aol.com> > > > | To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> > > > | Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 10:22 AM > > > | Subject: [WORLD WAR II] Family buries remains of WWII airman > discovered > > on > > > | California mountain > > > | > > > | > > > | > > > > | > > > > | > Family buries remains of WWII airman discovered on California > > mountain > > > | > By PATRICK CONDON > > > | > The Associated Press > > > | > > > > | > > > > | > > > > > > > _http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002888242_frozen25.html_ > > > | > > > > > > > (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002888242_frozen25.html) > > > | > > > > | > > > > | > ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== > > > | > To post queries/answers to the list, send an email to: > > > | > WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com We are an international list. 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Thank you for your help....I will search thru this and get back to you..... ...Judy Lairson....... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Hinkle" <pdhinkle@yahoo.com> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 2:23 PM Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Family buries remains of WWII airman discovered on California mountain > Try this 36th ID forum, THe 36th was a n ational guard unit activated for > WW2, the forumn is at > http://p081.ezboard.com/ftexasmilitaryforcesmuseum36thinfantrydivision > > jlairson1953@peoplepc.com wrote: I'm trying to find out what unit my > father-in-law was in and where he might > have been stationed in WWII... > his name was Corporal Henry Louis Lairson, 18 013 976, Regular Army, , > Sept > 1940 to August 2, 1945, Enlistment City, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Field > Artillery, supposedly seperated out to Fort Sam Houston, Bexar County, > Texas.... Honorable Discharge.... I am trying to find a copy of his DD-214 > ( or what ever they called it then ) ... so I can re-order any medals that > he may have received.... St Louis sent me a copy of his Certifcate of > Service, but it only gives the basic info that I have above... anyone with > info pleas help....I have check with Bexar County, and Nueces County ( > supposedly home of record) at their County Clerks office for registered > info, but no one seems to know what I'm talking about.......thank > you.....Judy Lairson judy_lairson2000@yahoo.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 10:22 AM > Subject: [WORLD WAR II] Family buries remains of WWII airman discovered on > California mountain > > >> >> >> Family buries remains of WWII airman discovered on California mountain >> By PATRICK CONDON >> The Associated Press >> >> >> _http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002888242_frozen25.html_ >> (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002888242_frozen25.html) >> >> >> ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== >> To post queries/answers to the list, send an email to: >> WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com 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 >> > > > ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Military/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. > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > > > > Yahoo is my non-personal mail. For personal mail only use > <pdhinkle@radiotower.net> > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates. > > > ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Military/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. > > ============================== > 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 >

First, is there anyone who was connected with the American operation of Radio Frankfurt in 1946 either when it was at Bad Nauheim or later when it was at #33 Escherheimer Landstrasse, Frankfurt, Germany Second, does anyone know where the officers connected with the American operation of the station were housed in Frankfurt. We know that in Bad Nauheim they were billeted at the Hotel Bristol. Thanks for any assistance. Jessie, Calif

Thank you for the official names of the regiments. I have spent many many hours searching for where, when & what the Highland Lt Infantry of Cda did overseas from 1940 to the end of the war and have gathered a good bit of their history. A lot of it has made me cry. Now I have started on the Royal Cdn Engineers and there doesn't seem to be much on the net but I'm just starting. I was only 7 years old when the war ended. I remember spending a weekend visit at my grandmother's where one of my uncles was living. I woke up in the middle of the night to hear him screaming. My grandmother told me he was having a "bad dream". She told me my other uncles had "bad dreams" too. I didn't understand then. Now, as I read more and more about World War II I can only imagine what those nightmares were. Sal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trevor Hamilton" <ktham@sympatico.ca> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 3:02 PM Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Canadian Info > To help you with your research, the correct title is: > > Royal Canadian Engineers. > > Highland Light Infantry of Canada was in the 9th Canadian Infantry > Brigade, 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, and landed in Normandy on > 6th June 1944. > > Trevor Hamilton > > > One (Alexander Rail - wounded) was with the Canadian Royal Engineers & > another (Joseph Rail) was with the 5th Div, 9th Brigade, Highland Light > Infantry of Canada > > Thank you..........Sal > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Military/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. > > ============================== > 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 > >

Hi, Sally. I do not offer encouraging news. I have been trying to get hold of my Canadian father's service details for some years, but have been denied. All the Canadian World War II service records are still closed to the public and will remain so for many years yet - UNLESS you are the serviceman concerned or immediate next-of-kin and can satisfy the authorities that he/she is dead or can show that the person has been dead 20 or more years. And without service numbers the Canadian National Archives people will not even look for records. Richard Goring visit my website at http://www.goring1941.freeserve.co.uk for: The Register of Essex-Related Dead of World War II [ROERDOWW2] The South-East Essex War Memorials & Monumental Inscriptions Project ----- Original Message ----- From: "logan" <afineday@ontariointernet.com> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 7:42 PM Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Canadian Info > Hi there: > Does anyone know if there is a Canadian equivalent for this kind of info? > I am searching for five of my Cdn uncles who served in WWII. They are all > deceased now. I don't have their service numbers or anyone left alive that > I can ask. > One (Alexander Rail - wounded) was with the Canadian Royal Engineers & > another (Joseph Rail) was with the 5th Div, 9th Brigade, Highland Light > Infantry of Canada > I don't know where the other three were. Any help would be VERY gratefully > received. Thank you..........Sal > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Delilah" <diamond6468@mindspring.com> > To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 1:20 PM > Subject: [WORLD WAR II] Henry Louis Lairson > > > > U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Record > > about Henry L Lairson > > Name: Henry L Lairson > > Birth Year: 1922 > > Race: White, citizen > > Nativity State or Country: Missouri > > State: Texas > > County or City: Nueces > > > > Enlistment Date: 19 Nov 1940 > > Enlistment State: Texas > > Enlistment City: Fort Sam Houston > > Branch: Field Artillery > > Branch Code: Field Artillery > > Grade: Private > > Grade Code: Private > > Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant > > Officers, and Enlisted Men) > > Source: Civil Life > > > > Education: 2 years of high school > > Civil Occupation: Actor (Motion picture actor. ) or Director, > > Motion Picture (Motion picture director.) or Entertainer > > Marital Status: Single, without dependents > > Height: 69 > > Weight: 135 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Texas Deaths, 1964-98 Record > > about Henry Louis Lairson > > Name: Henry Louis Lairson > > Death Date: 11 December 1979 > > Death County: ECTOR > > Gender: > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > - > > Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 Record > > about John Weldon Lairson > > Name: John Weldon Lairson > > Date of Birth: 16 Dec 1953 > > Gender: Male > > Birth County: Brazoria > > Father's Name: Henry Louis Lairson > > Mother's Name: Naomi Ruth Williams > > Roll Number: 1953_0009 > > > > > > He apparently married and had a son. > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------- > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <jlairson1953@peoplepc.com> > > To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 12:05 PM > > Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Family buries remains of WWII airman > discovered > > on California mountain > > > > > > | I'm trying to find out what unit my father-in-law was in and where he > > might > > | have been stationed in WWII... > > | his name was Corporal Henry Louis Lairson, 18 013 976, Regular Army, , > > Sept > > | 1940 to August 2, 1945, Enlistment City, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Field > > | Artillery, supposedly seperated out to Fort Sam Houston, Bexar County, > > | Texas.... Honorable Discharge.... I am trying to find a copy of his > DD-214 > > | ( or what ever they called it then ) ... so I can re-order any medals > that > > | he may have received.... St Louis sent me a copy of his Certifcate of > > | Service, but it only gives the basic info that I have above... anyone > with > > | info pleas help....I have check with Bexar County, and Nueces County ( > > | supposedly home of record) at their County Clerks office for registered > > | info, but no one seems to know what I'm talking about.......thank > > | you.....Judy Lairson judy_lairson2000@yahoo.com > > | ----- Original Message ----- > > | From: <KathNHNC71@aol.com> > > | To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> > > | Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 10:22 AM > > | Subject: [WORLD WAR II] Family buries remains of WWII airman discovered > on > > | California mountain > > | > > | > > | > > > | > > > | > Family buries remains of WWII airman discovered on California > mountain > > | > By PATRICK CONDON > > | > The Associated Press > > | > > > | > > > | > > > > _http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002888242_frozen25.html_ > > | > > > > (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002888242_frozen25.html) > > | > > > | > > > | > ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== > > | > To post queries/answers to the list, send an email to: > > | > WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com We are an international list. 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Greeting... I also did not have my fathers complete information- but requested both under Freedom of Information.. and DVA... all I need was proof of dad being deceased- which I provided with headstone... Can not remember Canadian Web site,that I was. I had to wait almost a year, but well worth it.. and very exciting to follows dad's military service..I think it also asked about family relation, plus not sure but there is a death time line for information. Good Luck hunting. M

Could someone tell me what this means. On his WWII record his height is given as 43 and weight as 386. I haven't found any reference to tell me how to interpret that. Thanks for any help. EJG

To help you with your research, the correct title is: Royal Canadian Engineers. Highland Light Infantry of Canada was in the 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade, 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, and landed in Normandy on 6th June 1944. Trevor Hamilton One (Alexander Rail - wounded) was with the Canadian Royal Engineers & another (Joseph Rail) was with the 5th Div, 9th Brigade, Highland Light Infantry of Canada Thank you..........Sal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hi there: Does anyone know if there is a Canadian equivalent for this kind of info? I am searching for five of my Cdn uncles who served in WWII. They are all deceased now. I don't have their service numbers or anyone left alive that I can ask. One (Alexander Rail - wounded) was with the Canadian Royal Engineers & another (Joseph Rail) was with the 5th Div, 9th Brigade, Highland Light Infantry of Canada I don't know where the other three were. Any help would be VERY gratefully received. Thank you..........Sal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Delilah" <diamond6468@mindspring.com> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 1:20 PM Subject: [WORLD WAR II] Henry Louis Lairson > U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Record > about Henry L Lairson > Name: Henry L Lairson > Birth Year: 1922 > Race: White, citizen > Nativity State or Country: Missouri > State: Texas > County or City: Nueces > > Enlistment Date: 19 Nov 1940 > Enlistment State: Texas > Enlistment City: Fort Sam Houston > Branch: Field Artillery > Branch Code: Field Artillery > Grade: Private > Grade Code: Private > Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant > Officers, and Enlisted Men) > Source: Civil Life > > Education: 2 years of high school > Civil Occupation: Actor (Motion picture actor. ) or Director, > Motion Picture (Motion picture director.) or Entertainer > Marital Status: Single, without dependents > Height: 69 > Weight: 135 > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Texas Deaths, 1964-98 Record > about Henry Louis Lairson > Name: Henry Louis Lairson > Death Date: 11 December 1979 > Death County: ECTOR > Gender: > > -------------------------------------------------------------- - > Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 Record > about John Weldon Lairson > Name: John Weldon Lairson > Date of Birth: 16 Dec 1953 > Gender: Male > Birth County: Brazoria > Father's Name: Henry Louis Lairson > Mother's Name: Naomi Ruth Williams > Roll Number: 1953_0009 > > > He apparently married and had a son. > -------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <jlairson1953@peoplepc.com> > To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 12:05 PM > Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Family buries remains of WWII airman discovered > on California mountain > > > | I'm trying to find out what unit my father-in-law was in and where he > might > | have been stationed in WWII... > | his name was Corporal Henry Louis Lairson, 18 013 976, Regular Army, , > Sept > | 1940 to August 2, 1945, Enlistment City, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Field > | Artillery, supposedly seperated out to Fort Sam Houston, Bexar County, > | Texas.... Honorable Discharge.... I am trying to find a copy of his DD-214 > | ( or what ever they called it then ) ... so I can re-order any medals that > | he may have received.... St Louis sent me a copy of his Certifcate of > | Service, but it only gives the basic info that I have above... anyone with > | info pleas help....I have check with Bexar County, and Nueces County ( > | supposedly home of record) at their County Clerks office for registered > | info, but no one seems to know what I'm talking about.......thank > | you.....Judy Lairson judy_lairson2000@yahoo.com > | ----- Original Message ----- > | From: <KathNHNC71@aol.com> > | To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> > | Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 10:22 AM > | Subject: [WORLD WAR II] Family buries remains of WWII airman discovered on > | California mountain > | > | > | > > | > > | > Family buries remains of WWII airman discovered on California mountain > | > By PATRICK CONDON > | > The Associated Press > | > > | > > | > > _http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002888242_frozen25.html_ > | > > (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002888242_frozen25.html) > | > > | > > | > ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== > | > To post queries/answers to the list, send an email to: > | > WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com We are an international list. 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The Odessa American (Odessa, Texas) > 1972 > October > 19 In this newspaper is an artticle that says he was admitted to the Medical Center Hospital, Oct 18, 1972 - --------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: <jlairson1953@peoplepc.com> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 12:05 PM Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Family buries remains of WWII airman discovered on California mountain | I'm trying to find out what unit my father-in-law was in and where he might | have been stationed in WWII... | his name was Corporal Henry Louis Lairson, 18 013 976, Regular Army, , Sept | 1940 to August 2, 1945, Enlistment City, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Field | Artillery, supposedly seperated out to Fort Sam Houston, Bexar County, | Texas.... Honorable Discharge.... I am trying to find a copy of his DD-214 | ( or what ever they called it then ) ... so I can re-order any medals that | he may have received.... St Louis sent me a copy of his Certifcate of | Service, but it only gives the basic info that I have above... anyone with | info pleas help....I have check with Bexar County, and Nueces County ( | supposedly home of record) at their County Clerks office for registered | info, but no one seems to know what I'm talking about.......thank | you.....Judy Lairson judy_lairson2000@yahoo.com | ----- Original Message ----- | From: <KathNHNC71@aol.com> | To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> | Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 10:22 AM | Subject: [WORLD WAR II] Family buries remains of WWII airman discovered on | California mountain | | | > | > | > Family buries remains of WWII airman discovered on California mountain | > By PATRICK CONDON | > The Associated Press | > | > | > _http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002888242_frozen25.html_ | > (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002888242_frozen25.html) | > | > | > ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== | > To post queries/answers to the list, send an email to: | > WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com 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 | > | | | ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== | http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Military/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. | | ============================== | New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 |

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Record about Henry L Lairson Name: Henry L Lairson Birth Year: 1922 Race: White, citizen Nativity State or Country: Missouri State: Texas County or City: Nueces Enlistment Date: 19 Nov 1940 Enlistment State: Texas Enlistment City: Fort Sam Houston Branch: Field Artillery Branch Code: Field Artillery Grade: Private Grade Code: Private Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men) Source: Civil Life Education: 2 years of high school Civil Occupation: Actor (Motion picture actor. ) or Director, Motion Picture (Motion picture director.) or Entertainer Marital Status: Single, without dependents Height: 69 Weight: 135 ------------------------------------------------------ Texas Deaths, 1964-98 Record about Henry Louis Lairson Name: Henry Louis Lairson Death Date: 11 December 1979 Death County: ECTOR Gender: --------------------------------------------------------------- Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 Record about John Weldon Lairson Name: John Weldon Lairson Date of Birth: 16 Dec 1953 Gender: Male Birth County: Brazoria Father's Name: Henry Louis Lairson Mother's Name: Naomi Ruth Williams Roll Number: 1953_0009 He apparently married and had a son. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: <jlairson1953@peoplepc.com> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 12:05 PM Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Family buries remains of WWII airman discovered on California mountain | I'm trying to find out what unit my father-in-law was in and where he might | have been stationed in WWII... | his name was Corporal Henry Louis Lairson, 18 013 976, Regular Army, , Sept | 1940 to August 2, 1945, Enlistment City, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Field | Artillery, supposedly seperated out to Fort Sam Houston, Bexar County, | Texas.... Honorable Discharge.... I am trying to find a copy of his DD-214 | ( or what ever they called it then ) ... so I can re-order any medals that | he may have received.... St Louis sent me a copy of his Certifcate of | Service, but it only gives the basic info that I have above... anyone with | info pleas help....I have check with Bexar County, and Nueces County ( | supposedly home of record) at their County Clerks office for registered | info, but no one seems to know what I'm talking about.......thank | you.....Judy Lairson judy_lairson2000@yahoo.com | ----- Original Message ----- | From: <KathNHNC71@aol.com> | To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> | Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 10:22 AM | Subject: [WORLD WAR II] Family buries remains of WWII airman discovered on | California mountain | | | > | > | > Family buries remains of WWII airman discovered on California mountain | > By PATRICK CONDON | > The Associated Press | > | > | > _http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002888242_frozen25.html_ | > (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002888242_frozen25.html) | > | > | > ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== | > To post queries/answers to the list, send an email to: | > WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com 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 | > | | | ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== | http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Military/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. | | ============================== | New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 |

Try this 36th ID forum, THe 36th was a n ational guard unit activated for WW2, the forumn is at http://p081.ezboard.com/ftexasmilitaryforcesmuseum36thinfantrydivision jlairson1953@peoplepc.com wrote: I'm trying to find out what unit my father-in-law was in and where he might have been stationed in WWII... his name was Corporal Henry Louis Lairson, 18 013 976, Regular Army, , Sept 1940 to August 2, 1945, Enlistment City, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Field Artillery, supposedly seperated out to Fort Sam Houston, Bexar County, Texas.... Honorable Discharge.... I am trying to find a copy of his DD-214 ( or what ever they called it then ) ... so I can re-order any medals that he may have received.... St Louis sent me a copy of his Certifcate of Service, but it only gives the basic info that I have above... anyone with info pleas help....I have check with Bexar County, and Nueces County ( supposedly home of record) at their County Clerks office for registered info, but no one seems to know what I'm talking about.......thank you.....Judy Lairson judy_lairson2000@yahoo.com ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 10:22 AM Subject: [WORLD WAR II] Family buries remains of WWII airman discovered on California mountain > > > Family buries remains of WWII airman discovered on California mountain > By PATRICK CONDON > The Associated Press > > > _http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002888242_frozen25.html_ > (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002888242_frozen25.html) > > > ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== > To post queries/answers to the list, send an email to: > WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com 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 > ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Military/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. ============================== New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 Yahoo is my non-personal mail. For personal mail only use <pdhinkle@radiotower.net> --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates.