Remembering Family Heros

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Re: Remembering Family Heros

Post by jfko6 » Mon May 04, 2020 12:48 am

They’re supposed to send you an e-mail of the status of your request or final result of the search. Doubtful they’re essential workers in this pandemic so hang on to your request. I hope you get something.

Albany was closed for me and an unrelated request.
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Re: Remembering Family Heros

Post by ViperGTS » Wed May 06, 2020 9:49 pm

jfko6 wrote:
Mon May 04, 2020 12:48 am
They’re supposed to send you an e-mail of the status of your request or final result of the search. Doubtful they’re essential workers in this pandemic so hang on to your request. I hope you get something.

Albany was closed for me and an unrelated request.
no contact yet, which likely means no conact ever... but I'll keep trying. TY

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Post by jfko6 » Wed May 06, 2020 10:16 pm

They always have sent me a letter either way. No word is not an answer. I don’t know what I received was the complete file and the most important record was missing — the DD214.

Whatever I get or don’t receive am going to try and reconstruct. Some records it turned out where in the hands of other family members which helped put the puzzle back together. And other files I have turned up some interesting information which I might post here usefully. Depends.

I received a confirmation if my original request letting me know they received it.
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Re: Remembering Family Heros

Post by ViperGTS » Thu May 07, 2020 9:44 am

yeah, I got confirmation that they received the request, but nothing else since😔

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Re: Remembering Family Heros

Post by rareauldmealtimes » Thu May 07, 2020 10:53 am

ViperGTS wrote:
Thu May 07, 2020 9:44 am
yeah, I got confirmation that they received the request, but nothing else since😔
Viper, I did the request as well. It took them about six weeks I think before I got a letter in the mail saying my grandfathers records were lost in the fire in the seventies but they did confirm that there was an alternative record available called a "Final Pay Stub" that had some very valuable information, dates and his signature. I had to submit for that one separately and had to pay like $20 bucks. Shoot me a PM and I'll share with you what I got so you may know what to expect if your interested. Maybe you'll get lucky and the records will be there! I think the letter said like 80% of WW2 related records were lost in that fire.

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Re: Remembering Family Heros

Post by ViperGTS » Thu May 07, 2020 5:33 pm

rareauldmealtimes wrote:
Thu May 07, 2020 10:53 am
ViperGTS wrote:
Thu May 07, 2020 9:44 am
yeah, I got confirmation that they received the request, but nothing else since😔
Viper, I did the request as well.
Thanks for the info, D.

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Post by jfko6 » Thu May 28, 2020 12:36 pm

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Post by Steph1997 » Thu May 28, 2020 1:44 pm

Some pictures of my grandpa
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Re: Remembering Family Heros

Post by ViperGTS » Tue Jun 02, 2020 2:14 am

Steph1997 wrote:
Thu May 28, 2020 1:44 pm
Some pictures of my grandpa
those are friggin awesome!.
i am slowly finding some too, this is a weird one about Gramps and baseball and how my Gramps and his bro ran into each other in Italy.

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Re: Remembering Family Heros

Post by Steph1997 » Tue Jun 02, 2020 4:22 pm

ViperGTS wrote:
Tue Jun 02, 2020 2:14 am
Steph1997 wrote:
Thu May 28, 2020 1:44 pm
Some pictures of my grandpa
those are friggin awesome!.
i am slowly finding some too, this is a weird one about Gramps and baseball and how my Gramps and his bro ran into each other in Italy.
Thats so cool! I have a news paper article and a picture of the ship my grandpa sailed on. It was called the Darhma. (not sure if im spelling that right) ill post it later when I have a picture.
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