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From: "GMF" <>
Subject: Re: [GEN-NYS] World War II soldier data digitized at New York StateMi litary Museum
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:36:21 GMT

Thanks very much.


GMF
If words are to enter men's minds and bear fruit, they must be the right words shaped cunningly to pass men's defenses and explode silently and effectually within their minds.

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From: Robert Sullivan <>
To: gen-nys <>
Subject: Re: [GEN-NYS] World War II soldier data digitized at New York State Mi litary Museum
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:36:00 -0400

> SARATOGA SPRINGS — When 28,969 New York National Guard soldiers
> mobilized in the fall of 1940 as the United States prepared for war,
> clerks filled out six-by-four inch cards on each individual.
>
> Now, thanks to a team of 15 volunteers, those records — listing names,
> serial number, home and unit, and later annotated with hand-written
> notes on whether or not the soldier was killed or wounded — are
> available online from the New York State Military Museum.

> Maybe I missed something -- how do you search for names? Thanks.

This specific collection is available at:

<http://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/wwii/infantry/27thInfDiv/27thInfDivFed/27thInfDiv_Fed.htm>;

It is divided into tables by first letter of the surname.

--
Bob Sullivan
Schenectady Digital History Archive
<http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/>;
Schenectady County (NY) Public Library


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