The Internet’s Best World War II Links and Resources
Valuable records from all branches of military service are open to online research.
Reference
Ancestry.com Military Records Page
Archives Surviving from World War II,
Bibliography from “A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II,”
by Gerhard Weinbergl
National Personnel Records Center
Military Personnel Records
E-mail: center@stlouis.nara.gov
(General information only, no e-mail requests for reco rds.)
U.S. Army Center of Military History
E-mail: cmhweb@cmh-smtp.army.mil
Full-text Listings of Medal of Honor Citations
U.S. Army Military History Institute
E-mail: MHI-SC@carlisle-emh2.army.mil (Special Collections)
MHI-AR@carlisle-emh2.army.mil (Archives Collection)
MHI-HR@carlisle-emh2.army.mil (Historical Reference)
Historical Photograph Sampler
U.S. Air Force Historical Research Agency
E-mail: AFHRANEWS1%RS%AFHRA@MAX1.au.af.mil
Marine Corps Historical Center
U.S. Coast Guard Historian’s Office (G-CP-4)
E-mail: rbrowning@comdt.uscg.mil
sprice@comdt.uscg.mil
U.S. Merchant Marine
E-mail: usmm@tdl.com
Merchant Marine FAQ
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Online Data
World War II Honor List of Dead and M issing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel, 1946
NAIL: NARA Archival Information Locator
These 20 multi-page digitized documents list War Department casualties (Army and Army Air Force personnel) from World War II. Entries in the list are arranged by state, thereunder by name of county, and thereunder alphabetically by name of deceased. Information provided includes serial number, rank and type of casualty. The birthplace or residence of the deceased is not indicated.
Search Hint: To retrieve the 20 digitized documents, select the “NAIL Digital Copies Search Form” and enter “War Casualties” in the first Keywords box and “Army” in the second Keywords box. (If using the Standard or Expert search forms, select “Only Descriptions Linked to Digital Copies”)
Background Information
U.S. Army Center of Military History: The Normandy Invasion
World War II Posters: Powers of Persuasion
World War II on the Web (Links to WWII Sites)
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