Friday, July 28, 2006

History Detectives

A good percentage of people reading this blog have parents who served in the military during World War II, Korea or Vietnam.

You may not know it, but you have access to your loved ones military records. It's a free public search. At the same site you can also find the rolls of those who fled the Irish famine in the 1800s, lists of combat air missions to Vietnam and photos of various natural and manmade disasters.

You have 85 million documents in 475 files from 30 federal agencies from which to search. Type in your last night and you might find something interesting.

Start your engines here.

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