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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