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

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 |

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 > >