Jay Registered User
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(7/7/03 4:38 pm) Reply
Searching for info: 75th Inf. Div. - 290th Inf. -Company B
Greetings,
Am searching for information about my father's participation in WWII. He was in the 75th, 290th Inf. Company B in 1945. C.R. Morton....Bob or Bud Morton from Summit New Jersey. Am alos trying to find out if he was a member of any other units prior to 1945. Is there a search engine for input of any WWII veteran's name to track this?
Best regards,
Jay
The best way to obtain service information about at the company level, to my knowledge, is to contact the National Archives or the National Personnel Records Center and request the Morning Reports for your father. These should indicate what company he was during a specific time frame. They are also the closest thing to detailed information about an individuals combat service on record - since all other documents were destroyed in a fire. You can link to these organizations from my website at www.members.tripod.com/hl...ondad.html and click on the link titled "Research and Friends Links". Thanks for posting the message and best of luck in your research!
Jay Registered User
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(7/18/03 4:03 am) Reply
Searching for info: 75th Inf. Div. - 290th Inf. -Company B
Thank you very much!
Jay Registered User
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(7/18/03 4:28 am) Reply
Searching for info: 75th Inf. Div. - 290th Inf. -Company B
Thanks very much. I started exploring the links from your site to the National Archives and filled out the form that appeared to only be for "Separation Records." I'll return to the site later, but I wanted to ask what are "morning records?"
Morning Reports were the documents used (and please, you WWII Veterans correct me if I'm mistaken in any way) to record the daily activities of a Regimental Company within a Division. These reports can contain battle casualties, illnesses, transfers, demotions, etc., of a particular individual within the company. For instance, in my dad's case I was able to track when he transferred from one company to another and the number of times he was in the field hospital as well as the dates of these actions. The other nice thing about these is that there are other men's names listed on the Morning Reports that more than likely would have been those he served with and knew. Needless to say, they can be of tremendous assistance in your research. You may need to write the National Archives (I'm pretty sure they're held there and not the Personnel Records Center) and specifically ask for the Morning Reports covering your dates of interest. You will want to also include all pertinent information about the individual you're researching - including Army Serial Number, if you have that. They are pretty good about responding to emails but you should also understand that patience is needed when trying to obtain these documents since the wheels of our government turn very slow on these matters. Again, I wish you the best of luck. If I can be of further assistance, please let me know.
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