Cecil T. Schubert 115th Liaison Sq. WWII A.A.F.
Today’s post honors WWII Air Corps pilot Cecil T. Schubert. Like many Army and Air Corps veterans of WWII, Mr. Schubert’s military service records were lost in the 1973 fire. Other than the fact that Schubert flew P-38’s in the South Pacific, his family knew very little about his service in the Air Corps during World War II. Schubert was indeed a P-38 pilot, but as it is often the case for veterans whose service...
First to Fight: Charles F. Sexton, 35th Fighter Squadron WWII A.A.F.
Today we are sharing the service story of WWII Staff Sergeant Charles Sexton. Like many Army and Air Corps veterans of WWII, Sexton’s military service records were lost in the 1973 fire. Sexton’s family knew very little about his service during WWII and had only his discharge papers and a single letter that Sexton had written during the war. Using archived records, the research specialists at Golden Arrow Research were able to...
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...
How to Research a World War II Army Veteran Who Was Killed In Action
If you would like to begin research in WWII casualty Records please visit Golden Arrow Research here: Request service records of my KIA WWII veteran Attempting to research a WWII Army veteran who was killed in action can be challenging due to the fact that the vast majority of WWII Army military service records were completely lost in the devastating fire of 1973. What this means in many cases is that there is absolutely nothing...
Photos of World War II Navy Veterans (WWII WW2)
If you would like to locate pictures and records of your WWII Navy veteran please visit Golden Arrow Research to order their records here: Request a WWII Navy service record. Will there be a period photo of my veteran in his Navy military service record? This is a question that people ask me quite frequently. The answer is yes- in most cases. The photos within Navy military service records are always a very exciting find because...
