posted by Military Records on Apr 27
- (The Daily Star Lebanon) - Although it concluded more than 60 years ago, the Tokyo War Crimes Trial is still a live issue today - in Japan as in the world at large. The deliberations that took place in Tokyo after World War II, which led to 25 guilty verdicts and the execution of seven Japanese, helped shape the international law around war crimes.
posted by Military Records on Apr 16
- (The Fayetteville Observer) - A Fayetteville man pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to forging the name of a veteran to obtain military records, officials said. Paul Edward Moody Sr., 74, pleaded guilty to making and using a false writing, according to a release from U.S. Attorney George E.B. Holding.
posted by Military Records on Apr 14
- (Dothan Eagle) - Hoyt Alexander Canady answered his country’s call more than nine decades ago and took a bullet in the leg fighting the Germans in France during World War I.
posted by Military Records on Apr 12
These are my links for March 23rd from 07:00 to 17:06:
- - The Department of Veteran’s affairs Nationwide Gravesite Locator online database is a wonderful resource for genealogists. With a few keystrokes you can locate graves for all kinds of family members, and get a cemetery map to go with it. When I did a search for the surname Meitzler, I came up with 16 different people. My cousin, Elmore Meitzler, and his wife, Doris, are buried in the Fort Custer National Cemetery in Augusta, Michigan. Elmore fought in WW II in Europe. If I hadn’t known
- Federal Jury Hands Down Guilty Verdict In 13-Year-Old Murder Case (Leesburg Today) - Thirteen years after the body of Jack Watkins was found stuffed in a storage trunk on Loudoun’s western border, a federal jury Monday convicted Nancy Jean Siegel of second degree murder-witness tampering, theft of government benefits, identity theft and fraud offenses.
posted by Military Records on Apr 10
- (The News & Observer) - On March 15, 1781, at Guilford Courthouse near present-day Greensboro, Lord Charles Cornwallis’s army of British regulars and German mercenaries defeated an American force of Continentals and militia commanded by General Nathanael Greene. “Long, Obstinate, and Bloody” is the first book-length account of battle.
- Reinstatement of the AFGCM (The Base) - The AFGCM is awarded to personnel in an enlisted status for “exemplary conduct” while in the active military service of the United States.
posted by Military Records on Apr 8
- Finding 1861–1869 Names of Residents & Civil War Soldiers – Part One , By William Dollarhide Most genealogical records created during the decade of the Civil War are related to the soldiers and regiments of the Union and Confederate states. But there are numerous records relating to the entire population of the states as well. This review (in three parts) identifies places to look for ancestors during that decade, first for the national name lists, and then a state-by-state listing (in p
posted by Military Records on Apr 5
- by P.J. Blount with the blog faculty S. 614:
A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Women Airforce Service Pilots (”WASP”) was introduced on March 17, 2009 by Sen. Kay Hutchison (R-TX): 111th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 614 To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Women Airforce Service Pilots (`WASP’). IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 17, 2009 Mrs. HUTCHISON (for herself, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Ms. LANDRIEU, Ms. STABENOW, Mrs. LINCOLN, Mrs. MURRAY,
posted by Military Records on Apr 3
- By David L Whittle
An article and some advice about making searches or doing background checks using public records sites Today the number of people performing free public records search or background checks is increasing. Searching public records has become much easier since the Freedom of Information Act whereby anything that is documented on any person in the US is available to the public. A public records search is a national search of public records from various sources, i