I will give it a shot this evening and get back to you. Ray
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From: "Madaline Preston" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 2:39 PM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] veteran's info
> You are very kind to offer to help me.
> I have checked Ancestry and Fold3 but feel a more skilled researcher may
> find something I overlooked. While I have had success with finding
> Confederate soldiers on Fold3....not so much on WWII.
> Ancestry came up dry also, other than the census. (His father, Charles H.
> Harper is not in the 1940 census. The family lived in Winchester, VA at
> the
> time.)
> His data:
> Charles Lee Harper
> b. 5 Oct 1916 - Frederick Co, VA
> d. 20 Mar 1984 - PA
> Enlisted in 1941 when he was a student at UVA.
> Single, did not marry until after the war.
> Awarded Air Medal, Gold Star and Silver Star.
> Charles was not opposed to embroidering details. For instance, his obit
> says he was a lawyer but I can find no record of a law school. He married
> money and spent 33 years on production of the Devon Horse Show in PA
> wearing one hat or the other.....master of the hunt and all that, you
> know!
> He was a Hollywood version of an ace pilot. Dark wavy hair, brown/black
> eyes, drum major for high school band..... the women loved him...he had
> quite a flair.
>
> Look forward to your reply. With appreciation
> M. Preston
>
>
> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Ray Harlow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Send me his name and I will check Ancestry.com and Fold3 for you. Ray
>> Harlow
>>
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>> From: "Madaline Preston" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 12:42 PM
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: [VA-ROOTS] veteran's info
>>
>> I need a resource and am reaching out to this list for help.
>>>
>>> My father's brother died in 1984 leaving no children. Now, at 76 yrs, I
>>> am
>>> the oldest person.....the matriarch....in the line and trying to get the
>>> family history down for my grandchildren. The brother was a WWII dive
>>> bomber pilot, flying off the USS Essex at Tarawa, Wake and Truk Islands.
>>> I
>>> have tried to obtain his service records but have been advised that
>>> since
>>> I
>>> am not a direct descendant, his child, grandchild, etc., these records
>>> are
>>> not available to me.
>>>
>>> Is there more than one way to skin this cat?
>>>
>>> M Preston
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