On Wed, 03 Sep 2014 23:16:28 -0400, Bob Taylor <news@windstream.net>
wrote:
>P K wrote:
>> On Tue, 02 Sep 2014 11:32:33 -0500, John Szalay
>> <john.szalay.at.att.net> wrote:
>>
>>> P K <pjk60068@outlook.com> wrote in news:tmnb0a9v1ebefttkisq3tsp6dpo85m7ne8
>>> @4ax.com:
>>>
>>>> This is a page from my dads WWII service records I obtained from the
>>>> National personnel records center.
>>>> I have been trying to find out what his blood type was but no where on
>>>> any of these pages of documents is anything that specofically states
>>>> his blood type.
>>>> The attached is a page from the docs and it has (circled in red) some
>>>> cryptic coded stuff along with his number and I believe his rank.
>>>> What I'm interested in ith the "5-27-A 11" just under his army
>>>> serial number.
>>>> Can anybody tell me if that has any relation or indication of his
>>>> blood type?
>>> Do you know what he did in the army ?
>>
>> I see AUTOMOTIVE MECH 014, SIGNAL CORPS.
>>
>> I know he was in 24 OCT 1942 thru 19 AUG 1946, and did 5 mos 24 days
>> foreign service. I believe he said he was on Saipan in the Marianas
>> and worked stringing telephone wire on poles. He told me he also
>> worked in the motor pool fixing trucks.
>>
>> That's about all I know except that he did like being in the service.
>>
>> I've never seen his dog tags. I wish I still had them.
>I had to turn mine in. I think that was probably the policy then.
>Do you have a copy of his 201 file?
I used to have a DD 214 but when my lousy basement flooded I lost a
lot, including that I think.
What is a 201 file and where could I get a copy?
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