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Equinox Moon

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Sun Apr 22, 2018, 09:45 PM Apr 2018

I'm bummed, just learned my grandfather's military records burned up in 1973 fire [View all]

I was doing some family research and wanted to look up my grandfather's military records from WWll.
They are gone forever - what a bummer!

Army ----- Personnel discharged November 1, 1912 to January 1, 1960----80% destroyed
Air Force ------Personnel discharged September 25, 1947 to January 1, 1964------75% destroyed



https://www.archives.gov/st-louis/military-personnel/fire-1973.html

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