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From: "Dave Pointer" <dpointer@comcast.net>
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Subject: RE: [ROOTS-L] Re: World War II draftees
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 12:50:34 -0500
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_of_the_United_States

I found this link that explains the service numbers to some degree.

Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com [mailto:roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com]
On Behalf Of Elizabeth Cunningham
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 6:46 AM
To: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com
Subject: [ROOTS-L] Re: World War II draftees

Thanks for the info, but the serial numbers I have are just numbers.  
Were letters added later or something?

          Elizabeth C