Hi Frank, My Dad's records from the archives were disappointing because so much important info was faded-out, charred from the fire, or missi...

The documentary sounds good! I do have a question due to contradictory information. Carlo D'Este in his book about the Sicily invasion said it was the...

Re #5: Capt. Fallon has always said that it was the 36th Engineers who captured Velletri. Many historians have mistaken ideas giving all credit to the...

Heres a followup to my post about NPRC's letter stating: "The record needed to answer your inquiry was in the area that suffered the most damage in th...

Thanks for posting your results so far, Larry. It gives hope that for $50 my Dad's records may also be 55 pages with a tidbit of info I'm looking for....

Wow. Thanks Twobisquit. Great letter from the 5th Division and the commendation is the same one Captain Fallon sent to me. I suppose you could write t...

John Fallon heard that Truscott had recommended the CIB but had never seen that letter. The PUC was new to him and he pointed out that it would have b...

Hi Civilwargal, Well it must be true that many records were completely destroyed in the fire according to this article about the NPRC: ...

That is definitely good advice, M1. There was never any mention of my Dad getting medical treatment from the VA after discharge, but my mother receive...

Four months ago I submitted a request via vetrecs.archives.gov for my father's personal military records. Yesterday NPRC replied with a letter saying ...

Glad you found the document and thanks for setting the record straight. Did you also see Post #48 on the same page? (Sorry, I have not figured out how...

I went to this topic on the CIB and couldn't find anything dated March 24th. Sorry I am lost, can you please give the direct link. This forum is way t...

Thanks so much M1. I'll have time to download and look at the NARA letter tonight. The Presidential Unit Citation (for the entire regiment) t...

twobisquit: Its great to hear that Joe Medina is getting valuable info from the sitreps. John Fallon was wounded the first time at Anzio duri...

It took over an hour to download each part on dial-up -- in the meantime a blank page is displayed until completely done. Painfully slow but worked wi...