Carolina_Girl
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I've been doing some digging around on ancestry.com and fold3.com for military records for family members..
It turns out that my paternal grandfather, who I not only have his navy photo that was taken in 1944 but his uniform as well... never actually went overseas and did anything. The war was over before they could ship him off. There's no actual record of this though.. just me noticing the dates on his draft card don't match up with the war itself.
So it got me thinking. Besides a draft card, how do I find out if other family members did actually fight?
It turns out that my paternal grandfather, who I not only have his navy photo that was taken in 1944 but his uniform as well... never actually went overseas and did anything. The war was over before they could ship him off. There's no actual record of this though.. just me noticing the dates on his draft card don't match up with the war itself.
So it got me thinking. Besides a draft card, how do I find out if other family members did actually fight?
