I called them and they said no, I will see if I can find the link that they sent - now there were a lot of military records destroyed in the fire at St Louis center, but NARA is trying to put that info back together by using other things that the military had to complete and fill out - i.e. the punch cards they used back then. You know those were the 'thing' for inputting data - everybody wanted to be a data input person and put it on those cards, I forget exactly what it was called. delilah ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rhonda Yamauchi" <rhonda.yamauchi@gmail.com> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 1:50 PM Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Camp Rucker, Camp Indiantown Gap, Carlisle, PA +ASTP +USS ... |I have a letter from NARA telling me that those records were destroyed. | However, there was no reason given for why they were destroyed. | | On 5/21/06, Delilah <diamond6468@mindspring.com> wrote: | > | > The thing about the US destroying all records of certain things is not | > true. | > NARA says it is not true! | > | > http://navysite.de/ships/aoe3.htm This link says the USS Seattle ran into | > the USS American, scroll down to Aug 18, 1998 on the left. | > http://navysite.de/index.htm on this site, put in USS America in the | > search blank and you will get lots of links to the USS America, and some | > of | > the crew. The blank in on the right and is by google. | > | > delilah | > ----- Original Message ----- | > From: <INZP@aol.com> | > To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> | > Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 12:53 AM | > Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Camp Rucker, Camp Indiantown Gap, Carlisle, PA | > +ASTP +USS ... | > | > | > | Thanks for the information about Camp Rucker. I think he meant SS | > America | > | but of course I'm not sure. Unfortunately, according to the web site | > "1944 | > | Troop Ship Crossings" -- | > | "The records of ships used to carry troops to their theaters of | > | operations were destroyed intentionally in 1951. "According to our [U. | > S. | > | National Archives] records, in 1951 the Department of the Army | > destroyed | > all | > | passenger lists, manifests, logs of vessels, and troop movement files | > of | > United | > | States Army Transports for World War II." (... no word on why the | > records | > were | > | destroyed.) Thus there is no longer an official record of who sailed on | > what | > | ship..." Information on this web site is from veterans who crossed on | > these | > | troop ships. | > | | > | If someone knows of another website where I could check to see if | > the SS | > | America left Boston in August of 1944 for Liverpool I'd welcome the | > information. | > | | > | Thanks for answering my note. | > | | > | 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 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 ==== | > 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. | > | > ============================== | > 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:_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 | |