Rick: I can help you more once you have a ship name, but getting that name will be difficult. The National Archives destroyed the pertinent shi...

I think the numbers after job titles are the MOS (military occupation specialty) numbers. Honestly, each individual was reduced to his MOS and was as...

Try ebay; I notice that someone has a long list of SeaBee unit histories for sale.

Quote Hi... You might want to contact the V.A. and ask for your father's VA file. This MAY be distinct from the files i...

Do you have more information regarding this man.? Lt. jg means he was in either the Navy or Coast Guard...do you have time-frame, name of ...

It may be that your best bet lies with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). You can contact them via their web site...though they...

Hi. First, the 291st, if I remember correctly, was a 'Corps Engineer outfit. Keep in mind that there were echelons (levels)in the Milita...

In fact, this happened a lot. 'high point' men were often transferred out of their original units to a unit on the way back to the States in order t...

Hello I have studied the 30th Division quite a bit, especially its activities during the November 1944 Offensive in and around Mariadorf and the ...

If anyone is at all interested, you can find immigration records from incoming ships via Ancestry. That way, researchers can find crew and passenger ...

Thank you AGAIN for the material. I had corresponded with NARA regarding records for the November 1942 period for the 36th...and came up with a histo...

Thanks. I knew most of this, but I cannot locate documentary records. Apparently, there are no available records from the 36th to cover this per...

I misread the post. I thought it said infantry, not engineers. There is quite a bit of material, including a book written by the wife of ...

Hi.. Have you tried the National Archives for regimental unit records that would include Co. B? Sometimes you can find BN records too..so you wo...

I have three photos showing the 250th arriving in New York Harbor at the end of the war. on board the SS COSTA RICA VICTORY. I bought them on ebay; ...