| Re: Help, please decode or translate - DadService_b.jpg (0/1) |
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| Bob Taylor (news@windstream.net) |
2014/09/04 20:23 |
P K wrote:
> On Wed, 03 Sep 2014 23:16:28 -0400, Bob Taylor <news@windstream.net>
> wrote:
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>> 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?
Personel file. I don't know. There are a lot of on-line facilities
which claim to help recover military records. The 214 I am looking at
on-line shows the blood group in the remarks section.
http://www.dd214.us/images/dd214-sample-form-lg.jpg
This appears to be a good place to start
http://www.ophsa.org/Maps&Pics/Military_records.htm
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