I wanted to bring this thread back to thank everyone who had helped me. My father passed a year after I made this thread, early AM xmas morning of...
Found it! VA Forms - Application for Burial Benefits (Fillable)
My mom asked me to take care of doing any VA forms since she really doesn't feel up to it. She said she was told the VA will provide $300 in...
Thank you very much for the list! I'll go over them with him on the phone and see if he remembers. My father was a trainer before he left for...
My father served as a volunteer from a U.S. Army pool to fly P-51Ds out of England during 1944/5. He speaks of seperation papers that are...
Are there any other "gotchas" or catches you guys can think of or does this generally go smoothly? Any idea what sort of time frame I can expect...
Those are perfect, thank you very much!
My farther is a decorated WWII vet. We lost all records in a fire some years ago. My mother just informed me that he had a stroke and is about to...
Ok, to follow up... I'm going to try the direct route and simply download and mail in the form 180. I'm going to fill it out for him and have...
This thread was simply to introduce myself as that's what this sub-forum is for. My other thread is where I was asking for information.
That is fantastic news!!!!!! I'm going to jump right on it ASAP!!!! Thank you guys!!!!!!!!!! Alex
He is able to speak but he hasn't had his had out of a bottle for years, like 60! I won't even let him see his grandchildren at this point because...
Thanks! He was U.S. Army and volunteered with the R.A.F. Would they have all info or would I need to contact the RAF archives for the rest of...
I know for sure he had a Distinguished Flying Cross. I don't recall the rest. Thanks for the info!
My father was a P51D fighter pilot in Europe. Did recon, taught gunnery tactics, trained new pilots, flew and evaluated the first ME109 captured,...
Just found this! I'm going to follow it with my father! He refuses to even talk about anything that happened to him or his friends during the...
My father (Vernon;Scott Claytor) flew P51Ds in the Euro theatre the last half of the war. He was awarded 2 Purple Hearts and half a dozen other...
