Check the county where he was living at the time he was enlisted and discharged.
When my father died last october, the funeral home provided us with copies of his discharge papers. I believe the county had copies.

But like you, we could not get additional information because of the fire. I have tried to figure out which unit he was with in Itay. In two weeks, I will be at the national archives pulling operational records for that unit. I will check out photos of the PO River campaign.

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