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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 08:12 PM Original message |
Is your loved one's name in the National WWII Memorial Registry? |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. And, if you find your loved one, and want to do it... |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. Here's the info I found on my great uncle: |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. Wow, I thought this would get recommended quickly... |
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Didereaux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. hmmm, certainly NOT complete |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 08:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Did you hunt them by the place they lived when they |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 08:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. I'm sure they will not have all the records of people who lived through the war |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 10:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
63. Here's what's in the records... |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 08:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. If it is new, or they are relying on people to submit family members |
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Bobbie47 (386 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 08:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. the funeral home |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 08:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. You can register |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 08:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. My father served in the Pacific Arena, in the Army Air Corps |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 08:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. See if you can find his enlistment records in the archives here: |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 05:02 PM Response to Reply #27 |
92. I did find him there. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 08:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. Go here and put in his name... |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 09:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
57. my father fought with yours!! |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 10:12 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. Is that cool, or what? Wow. |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 10:49 PM Response to Reply #62 |
70. yes. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. This is a GREAT idea for family historians too |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 08:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Did you search for him? |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 08:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. already did that -- not there. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 08:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Cool. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 08:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. mine was easy - he was stationed in NY, and lived there |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Go here, and search the National Archives for his |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 09:07 PM Response to Reply #15 |
35. Was he born in New York? |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 09:30 PM Response to Reply #35 |
47. nope -- Canada |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 09:56 PM Response to Reply #47 |
60. hmmmm. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
12. Shamelessly kicking again, until it hits the |
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Bobbie47 (386 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
14. Thanks |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 09:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
44. Great. Do you mind posting a link... |
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Bobbie47 (386 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 10:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
64. link for my Dad |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
17. My dad must have put Grandpa in . . . |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 08:52 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. OMG, New Bern, NC is just across the moutain range from |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 09:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. WOW. A Pearl Harbor Survivor!! |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 08:55 AM Response to Reply #29 |
79. That's a great way to spend your 19th year, isn't it? |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 01:21 PM Response to Reply #79 |
90. I hear that... |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 09:15 PM Response to Reply #17 |
38. omg i have a pic of My grampa in his uniform, i love those pictures so much! |
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snacker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 10:41 PM Response to Reply #38 |
67. So true... n/t |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
18. Thanks very much for this - I found my maternal grandfather listed! |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 08:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Do you mind putting a link to the info? |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 12:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
95. Sorry I didn't reply sooner - I just went to the search page, |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
21. My father is not listed. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 08:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Go here, and search around for his enlistment records |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 08:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Nor is mine. Okay, still searching. HA! Success! Cool beans! |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 08:59 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. You can add him, download the form. You can search the |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 09:03 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Got a link? If you don't want to add it, though... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 07:28 AM Response to Reply #32 |
77. It would be a leeetle too identifying! :) |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
30. Wow my Grampa and his 3 brothers are listed! I wish i knew the person that submitted them. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 09:02 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Do you mind putting the links to the pages in this thread... |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 09:06 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. sure, tearing up just thinking about him. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 09:09 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. That's really cool. Isn't it? |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 09:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. thank you so much! I hust sent the links to my Dad, he is a huge WW2 buff |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 09:16 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I PMed you with a link to his enlistment |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 09:19 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. wow again thank you so much, my Grampa was literally the kindest person |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 09:20 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. You can go here and search for your uncles: |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 09:06 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. The government is putting in a lot of names on their own |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
40. sweet |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 09:21 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Do you mind posting a link to your uncle's page... |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
45. Oh Thank you! I was able to add my late father in law |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 09:29 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. I'm glad you could add his name... |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
48. Found my grandfather! |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 09:49 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. Do you have a link? |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 12:23 PM Response to Reply #54 |
80. Check your pm |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
49. I signed my dad up in 2000 |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 09:50 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. Cool. I'd love to see the link, if you want... |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
50. And if you haven't visited the memorial in DC, consider it |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
51. Here is another good link for anything related to WWII |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
52. I am having trouble navigating the search function. Please help. |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 09:51 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Try this |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 09:52 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. Try this link: |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
53. I humbly thank you |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 09:53 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. Cool. Tell your friend thanks for his work... |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 10:00 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. thanks, rat |
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snacker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
65. Thank you. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 10:28 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Do you mind linking to the pages? |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
68. thank you. my papa is now immortalized in something other than |
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coffeenap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
69. Thank you for this. I found my dad, in the archives,then I found his |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
71. Kewl! I found my Dad and Stinky's Dad... |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 12:35 PM Response to Reply #71 |
85. Thanks to yours and Stinky's dad! |
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halobeam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
72. I'd love to know who listed my great uncle, the date of his death is wrong. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
73. ttt |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
74. My uncle is listed |
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phiebeng (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
75. oh no |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
76. Thanks for the link! I'm sending this to a couple family members |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
78. Thanks for the link. Both my parents served in the Navy during |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
81. I found my dad. And, now I'm crying all over again. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 12:31 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. Thanks to your dad, |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 12:34 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. Thank you rateyes, for your kind words. |
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auburngrad82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
84. My Uncle Lee |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 12:37 PM Response to Reply #84 |
86. Your uncle and my great uncle are both buried in France... |
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auburngrad82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 12:39 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. Here's to heroes |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 12:48 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. Thought you might enjoy this website... |
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auburngrad82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 12:57 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. Cool. I've already sent the first link to my Dad |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
91. My dad's dad and most of his uncles aren't on it. |
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The Witch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
93. Is it for all who served or just those killed in battle? |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 11:46 AM Response to Reply #93 |
94. It's for him, but you will need to add him... |
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