Pic of my grandfather with his bring back Luger.

[BrianSFL]

Originally Posted by newluger

I was able to get a copy of my fathers military record. He was in the Navy after WWI on board the USS Marblehead while on duty in China. That was the Yanctzee (spelling?) Campaign. I wrote to the I believe the Dept. of Defense along with his name and approx time of service. It cost me $60.00 for a complete copy of his military record, which was very detailed. if you are really interested, it's going to take some research on your part. If you have his GI serial number, that will make things a little easier. I was able to get his record since I was a relative.

Hope this helps.

Peter

Interesting, thanks. Yes, I was able to find out his serial number very easily from the national archives site.

Here's the government site I was talking about earlier, in regards to ordering records. I'm not sure if this is the one you used or not.

http://www.archives.gov/veterans/mil...rvice-records/

Edit: This site is completely free to order records from, so it must not be the same one you used. Also, from the looks of it, you typically only get a DD-214.

Edit edit, found this about costs:

http://www.archives.gov/veterans/mil...-records/#cost

How long did it take you to receive your information? The website says it could be up to six months, depending.