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From: Jim Elbrecht <>
Subject: Re: WWII Service Record
Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2003 11:24:45 GMT
References: <bun61vkgbspvvp5e8alc8ntbt20nagih9b@4ax.com> <jMNQ9.406979$GR5.128638@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net> <134a1vcd45rue1p8jbcgkjhognad3i4l20@4ax.com>


==Daye== <> wrote:

>After checking into it, you do have to be a direct descendent. I am not
>sure if the eligible people will sign for me to get it. I guess, I will
>have to make some phone calls to family.

For better or for worse, the Freedom of Information Act gives you
pretty broad access to the service records of even living strangers.
It is time consuming, not free, and the results are quite variable.
[Sometimes a FOIA request comes up with papers that a veteran didn't
get when he requested copies of his own records. . .. sometimes the
FOIA file is incomplete.]

While this page refers to NARA records, the St Louis office falls
under the same rules-
http://www.archives.gov/research_room/foia_reading_room/foia_reading_room.html

Jim

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