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On this Memorial Day, 2007, I thought you might enjoy reading this Discovery Channel website article.
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/05/25/memday_his.html
In honor of our United States Armed Forces,
Antoinette
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/05/25/memday_his.html
May 25, 2007 — The world's largest database of U.S. military records, spanning more than four centuries from the 1600's to the Vietnam War, is now available and searchable online, according to Ancestry.com.
Highlights from the collection include World War I and World War II draft registration cards; prisoner of war records from the War of 1812, the Civil War, World War II, and Korea; unit rosters for the Marine Corps and Navy; burial registers; service records from the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and the Civil War; and casualty listings from WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam.
The online collection will be available for free to Internet users from now until the anniversary of D-Day, June 6th, at www.ancestry.com/military.
In honor of our United States Armed Forces,
Antoinette