I have been in touch with the US Government and had my Fathers medals restored to us. (They were lost in a fire) I was informed at the time ath there is a lot of information missing due to a fire in Washington D.C. The best thing for you to do is contact the branch of the service that your ancestor was in. When I contacted the Airforce, which was the Arm Aircorp during WWII, they gave me a list of address's for me to start writing to. I contacted the Airforce through the National Cemetary. The people who run the cemitariers are very knowedgable and take great pride in helping the family member get any information that they can. Hope this helps, Barbara Phillips > [Original Message] > From: <INZP@aol.com> > To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 4/24/2006 11:06:19 AM > Subject: [WORLD WAR II] Lists of Names > > Dear List Members: > > I've looked through quite a few World War 2 sites but nowhere do I find any > lists of names of those who fought. In other words if my friend was part of > the 1st Infantry and also a part of Hell on Wheels I was hoping to find a list > of individual soldiers who served in various platoons. Does such a list exist? > Would there be some type of lists somewhere giving the names of each member > of a platoon. He was also attached to an armored division. He was an > engineer. > > He told me that during the battle of the bulge he stayed on in the old Third > Army front. Patton pulled them out of the line and sent them right back > covering a two division front. Patton then sent everything else north to the > Bulge. He told me that because of casualties his division was at half strength > because they'd been leading the Third Army drive through the Siegfreid. He also > took part in the assult on Metz. > > I was also told that he did his basic training with a "mish mash" engineering > batallion. I can't use the word he called it. He said they trained 16-18 > hours a day, and had night marches through swamps. > > I'm filling out a form requesting Military Records but don't have exact dates > such as Date Entered and Date Released. I do know that after the war was > over he spent an additional 6 months after the war in Berlin as part of the > occupying forces and then sent home. Do you think that as far as the dates are > concerned I can use 1942-1946? I have his Social Security Number. Will that > help? > > I'd also like to thank those who contacted me after my first query with > advice. I'm a novice at military research so I welcome all comments, suggestions, > advice. I need all the help I can get. Thank you very much. > > 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. > > ============================== > 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&ta rgetid=5429