Frequently Asked Questions

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A: 1. Get his service record from:

Military Records Facility 9700 Page Avenue St. Louis, Missouri 63132-5100 NAVY and MARINE CORPS (314) 538-4141 http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/get-service-records.html

2. From that record you can determine his unit. Just as your identity goes from general to specific--ie, Country, State, City, Street--your Marine or Corpsman was identified by his Division, Regiment, Battalion, Company and then Platoon designation.

3. Send that information to one of the following Divisions, asking for people who knew your relative:

http://www.caltrap.com Third Marine Division Association PO Box 297 Dumfries, VA 22026

Fourth Marine Division Association PO Box 595 Laurel, Fl. 34272

http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/fifthmarinedivisionww2 Fifth Marine Division Association Dean F. Keeley PO Box 44250 Lafayette, LA 70504-4250

4. Good luck!

A: You can buy excellent 8x10 OR an 11x14 black and white copies of the photo for great prices from . . .

Michelle Pointon
National Air Survey Center Corp
T/A Visual Image Presentations
10010 Renfrew Rd
Silver Spring, MD 20901
Phone: 301-927-7177
Fax: 301-927-5013
Email: Nasccinfo@aol.com

If you would like a colorized poster, go to http://grunt.com/.

If you'd like a statue, go to the bookstore at: http://www.nimitz-museum.org/

A: The only way is through . . .

Military Historical Tours 4600 Duke Street Suite 420 Alexandria, VA 22304
Phone 800-722-9501 Internet: www.miltours.com

Good luck!

A: I know of no complete listing. The most complete I'm aware of is at: http://www.geocities.com/rbackstr2000/dead/dead.htm

A: Richard Wheeler was in my father's platoon on Iwo Jima. He wrote two excellent books, THE BLOODY BATTLE FOR SURIBACHI and IWO.