You might be confusing this with the fire of 1973 in which 75-80% of Army and Army Air Corps records were lost. Other branches were unaffected. Rick

A letter from the Textual Archives Services Division of NARA informed me that they were destroyed in accordance with Army disposition authorities. It is also on the NARA website that they were destroyed. On 3/28/06, Snowfrog1961@aol.com <Snowfrog1961@aol.com> wrote: > > You might be confusing this with the fire of 1973 in which 75-80% of Army > and Army Air Corps records were lost. Other branches were unaffected. > > > Rick > > > ==== 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. > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >