From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Fri Mar 10 16:31:14 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k2ANVEjb023284; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:31:14 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2ANVDto013727 for ; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:31:13 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k2AL0uFI019030 for ; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:00:56 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k2AL0uR1019029 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:00:56 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k2AKtdFI018949 for ; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 15:55:39 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k2ANPj5u021149 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:25:45 -0700 X-Envelope-From: paperangels@gmail.com Fri Mar 10 16:25:45 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k2ANPjjb021140 for ; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:25:45 -0700 Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.195]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2ANPgCB011333 for ; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:25:43 -0700 Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i23so1018985wra for ; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 15:25:43 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=iD781oqpBRbLeNAlHhpRzijSlE6/wdxJlsaTLlmsBwAO4dxgw+COHD6M/1axye4W4bt82hNP4/GwQ6CBlMiyDDOpL+Y5/0AI1HpNQNqsFciPmJoVHoQ4hI1nVlhi5/tYNJMYEAwmzKHCyYSl9cFa2ZOgj6vvJTtoge/sNSkqJH4= Received: by 10.64.203.7 with SMTP id a7mr1119009qbg; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 15:25:42 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.65.23.19 with HTTP; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 15:25:41 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:25:41 -0700 From: Joe To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by admin.rootsweb.com id k2ANPjjb021140 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Re: Military Records/Medals - WWII Hello Rosemarie, You can find some links and ideas that may help you at... Online World War Two Indexes & Records http://www.militaryindexes.com/worldwartwo/ Be sure to look in the "where to order records" section for information about the 1973 fire. Good luck with your search. Regards, Joe -- Online Searchable Death Indexes & Records http://www.deathindexes.com/ Rosemarie Falvo wrote > Good evening, > > I need some guidance in trying to find my grandfather's WWII service records and any > medals he may have been eligible to receive. > > About 10 years ago, I mailed in a request (to where, I cannot remember) for his records > and received a post card back saying that his war record was destroyed in a fire in 1975, > or something like that. I wish I'd kept that post card. > > Anyway, all I know about him is that he flew a glider over Normandy on D Day and that > he was a lieutenant. I think I have his military card with his picture and thumbprint on it. > > Can anyone guide me in the right direction? At the very least, I'd like to know about > the medals. > > Thank you very much. :)