Request a World War II Military Service Personnel File (WWII WW2)
If you are researching a veteran who served in the U.S. Military during WWII we can help you access your veteran’s military service records. All of our research requests are processed through Golden Arrow Military Research. Their research specialists are physically on-site at the National Archives where the military service records of your individual veteran are maintained. This unique research service will provide you...
Understanding the Battle Participation of Your WWII Marine Corps Veteran
To Request a WWII Marine Corps personnel file please click here: Request a WWII Marine Corps personnel file. One of the functions of the WWII-era Marine Corps military service record was to document the battle participation of individual Marine Corps veterans. While there may be a number of documents within the military service record of your veteran that highlight or point to combat experiences, the military service record booklet is...
WWII Era Marine Corps Military Service Personnel Records: An Overview
To Request WWII Marine Personnel Records please click here: Request a WWII Marine Personnel File WWII Marine Corps military service records can provide genealogical researchers with countless resources for tracing the steps of an ancestor who served during the war. Marine Corps service records were maintained in such a way as to ensure that specific milestones in your veteran’s military service would be documented. This...
Using 20th Century Military Service Personnel Records to Research Your Family History
To get started with your research please visit Golden Arrow Research: Research a Veteran Most of us have relatives who served in the military at some point in the past. For those of us wanting to pursue genealogical research, the military records created during our ancestors’ time in the service can provide a wealth of information. This includes not only documentation of the individual veteran’s military service but also a number...
Requesting Information from a Military Service Record Under the Freedom of Information Act
If you need to access information from the military service record of a veteran whose service records are not open to the public (and you are not the veteran’s next of kin) your best bet may be to request basic information from the military service record under the Freedom of Information Act. Requesting basic information under the F.O.I.A. will allow you to access legally releasable information within the military service...
Understanding Which Military Service Records are Open to the Public
Understanding the way that the government categorizes and maintains military records can be frustrating. To complicate matters, the rules are often changing as the National Archives attempt to walk the tight-rope of allowing public to access to military service records while simultaneously protecting the privacy of individual veterans. One question that I hear quite frequently is: How do you know which military service records...
