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Hello Mr. Powers,
My grandfather just passed away a few weeks ago. He served in WWII, and up until this week, that was all I knew about it as he never spoke about his time in the service. Due to my extreme interest in the subject, I 'inherited' all of the military items that were in my father's posession. I think that my father knew more about it, but he passed away 6 years ago as well. Among this collection is his military records which show that he served all over Europe with the CIC, was in charge of the security for Nuremberg Trials (I think just the prosecutors), and many many patches and medals.
I was hoping to find out more about these patches, etc... Is there a website, military contact, or somewhere I can find this information out? I already have a call in to someone who works in the Holocaust Museum in D.C. to hopefully find out more info about his service at Nuremberg.
Sorry for the long-winded explanation, and thank you in advance for your help!!!!
Sincerely,
David Millman
Hi David,
You may wish to try the About.com Military History Site at: http://militaryhistory.about.com
The Guide of the site should be able to help you with any military-history specific questions for information you can't find on the site, itself.
Hope this helps!
Rod Powers
http://usmilitary.about.com
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Rod Powers is considered one of the premire experts about U.S. Military career information on the planet. He has more than 30,000 articles about U.S. Military career information on the About.com U.S. Military Careers Information website at: http://usmilitary.about.com. Additionally, he is the author of "ASVAB for Dummies," "ASVAB AFQT for Dummies," (available in Dec 2009), and "Veteran Benefits for Dummies," all published by Wiley Publishing. He is also the author of "Barrons' Guide to Officer Candidate School Tests," published by Barron's Educational Series.
Experience
Rod Powers is a retired Air Force first sergeant, with 23 years of active duty service, 11 of those years as an Air Force First Sergeant. He has helped thousands of military members, recruits, and military applicants since he took over the About.com U.S Military Careers Information site in 1999. He has a reputation for "telling it like it is," so questions may not be answered based on "what you want to hear," but will be answered based of the bast available information, concerning the service/situation.
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Rod is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Noncommissioned Officers Academy, the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, and the Air Force First Sergeant Academy. He also holds an Associates Degree in Personnel Administration from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF).
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