I was told by The Department of the Army that the big fire destroyed Ship Records, Troop Records, and many other kinds of Records. The fire ahppened where everything was in storage. It looks like they were filed alphabetically and by discharge date. So it doesn't mater what they were or what service they were in. Barbara Phillips PS I pasted in a note below that was posted earlier today. This note posted by: Ellis Hosbach earlier today. "The fire which destroyed approximately 16-18 million Official Military Personnel Files was on July 12, 1973 at the Records Center in St. Louis. Personnel and Period Affected was Army Personnel discharged November 1, 1912 to January 1, 1960 [approximately 80% destroyed] and Air Force Personnel discharged September 25, 1947 to January 1, 1964 with names alphabetically after Hubbard, James E. [approximately 75% destroyed]. Ellis Hosbach Bethel Park, PA" > [Original Message] > From: <JbarL@aol.com> > To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 5/22/2006 3:21:26 PM > Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] WORLD WAR II Service Records. > > Ellis: > > I agree about the fire in St Louis but did that fire also destroy the troop > ship records , etc? > If not , when were those records destroyed? > > Jessie, CA > > > ==== 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. > > ============================== > 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