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1. • • The key to finding out your veteran’s WWII story lies in the Official Military Personnel File (OMPF). The National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri, is the largest repository for records within the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
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   Where can I Find my veteran's WWII story?

   • The Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy’s Historical Research Services offer a solution to discovering your veteran’s WWII story by locating and translating their Official Military Personnel Files (OMPF) from the National Archives in St. Louis.

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   How do I find out if my loved one was in WWII?

   • If you want to track down details of your loved one’s experiences in WWII, you have a few options: This is the cheapest (it’s free) but most challenging option. Anyone can look through the WWII military personnel records in St. Louis, but the prevalence of military jargon and abbreviations might leave you more confused than when you started.

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   Do you research WWII veterans?

   • No, we’re currently only researching WWII veterans. However, if the WWII veteran we are researching served in another conflict and we’ve located documents in their file from those wars, we’ll include them in the biography. Can you research individuals who worked on the Home Front or in a civilian capacity during World War II?

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   Can you look through WWII military records in St Louis?

   • Anyone can look through the WWII military personnel records in St. Louis, but the prevalence of military jargon and abbreviations might leave you more confused than when you started. You might also not know exactly what types of records—including records kept by a unit’s commander—will be useful.

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   Can You rewrite a veteran's story?

   • In some cases, recreating a veteran’s story is no easy feat. Army records in particular were largely damaged or destroyed in a 1973 fire at the St. Louis records center where they were stored. But Navy and Marine Corps records were unharmed, and even some of the damaged Army records can offer previously unknown details.

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   Do veterans tell their stories for future generations?

   • Veterans tell their stories for future generations. On the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, surviving veterans share their memories. Eighty years on, Rachel Burden hears the stories and memories of the UK's D-Day veterans. Joe Cattini: I saw teen soldiers crying for their mothers.

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3. www.bbc.co.uk › news › uk-63544616We Were There: Do you or someone you know have a story to ...

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   Nov 10, 2022 · Working with a number of partners, including the Normandy Memorial Trust and the Royal British Legion, the BBC has already spoken to many men and women who served during the War - You can watch...

4. www.nationalww2museum.org › war › articlesThe Top 5 Veteran Research Questions: Where to Go and What to ...

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   If you happen to know the veteran’s unit or ship, you can search for their unit, ship history, or the war diaries for the unit activities and daily operations. A couple of unit histories are published online with free access for the public, and others might be available at libraries or sold online. Some unit veteran organizations have research reso...

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   Another tool you can use are oral histories. They can tell you firsthand accounts of what life was like for a veteran who landed in Normandy or who served as a Tuskegee Airmen and so on. Oral histories may not be available for your veteran, but such histories may feature those who served in the same unit or ship or participated in the same operatio...

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   Let’s say, for example, the only thing you received back from the National Archives was a final payment. The sheet may have important clues. For instance, if the veteran served overseas, the sheet would have a list of APO (Army Post Office) numbers. These numbers are gold! APO numbers can tell you exactly where the veteran was located, and, along w...

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5. www.bbc.co.uk › news › topicsD-Day veterans tell their stories for future generations ...

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   Nov 9, 2022 · Surviving World War Two veterans tell their stories for the BBC's We Were There campaign.

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7. www.normandy1944.info › storiesThe untold stories: Real heroic accounts from WWII

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   Discover untold stories of bravery and sacrifice from the historic Normandy Invasion and the rest of WW2. Explore firsthand accounts of WWII veterans.

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8. lifehacker.com › how-to-find-a-family-members-wwiiHow to Find a Family Member's WWII Service Records

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   Jun 11, 2019 · In general, military personnel records are archived and open to the public 62 years after the service member’s separation from the military. Records with a discharge date within the past 62 ...

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9. www.nationalww2museum.org › war › research-veteranWWII Research Services - The National WWII Museum | New Orleans

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   The Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy’s Historical Research Services offer a solution to discovering your veteran’s WWII story by locating and translating their Official Military Personnel Files (OMPF) from the National Archives in St. Louis.

10. bigthink.com › the-present › d-day-storiesD-Day 75 years on: Harrowing letters & stories from soldiers

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    Jun 5, 2019 · June 6 marks the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the battle that changed the course of World War II and took the lives of an estimated 12,000 Allied soldiers.