This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: beorn, boone,affolter Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DFC.2ACI/1714.1.2.1 Message Board Post: >David, was your father's middle initial C? No, it was not - is that how it's listed somewhere?? What do you have listed? >If so, did he enlist in the army in 1942? I found an article >from a Charleston newspaper on ancestry.com. I haven't seen the article - it could be, he enlisted around that time. >You have probably already found it. I would like verification >for my files. My great grandmother was Sophia Beorn Boone. Send me the article and I'll let you know - the Boones are relatives of mine - I think Sophia was the "link" - she was a great aunt. The Affolters are also relative on my mother's side...