Other Sources of Information

Johnson, Lt. Col. Richard S. and Debra Johnson Knox. How to Locate Anyone who is or has been in the Military. Spartanburg, SC : Military Information Enterprises, Inc. : 1999.

National Personnel Records Center
Military Personnel Records
9700 Page Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63132-5100
Telephone: 314-801-0800
E-mail: MPR.center@nara.gov *
Status Check: mprstatus@nara.gov *
Fax: 314 801-9195

http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/military-personnel/index.html

Naval Historical Center: Official History Center for the U.S. Navy
805 Kidder Breese St, SE
Washington Navy Yard, DC
20374-5060

http://www.history.navy.mil/

Of particular interest is the Dictionary to American Naval Fighting Ships

http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/abbreviations.htm

South Dakota Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Bldg.
425 E. Capitol Ave.
Pierre, SD 57501
(605)773-3269

http://www.state.sd.us/applications/MV91MVAInternetRewrite/default.asp
 

South Dakota National Guard Museum
301 E. Dakota
Pierre, S.D. 57501
(605) 224-9991

            http://mva.sd.gov/?navid=23

The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001
Telephone: 1-86-NARA-NARA or 1-866-272-6272

http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/military/

USS SALEM
United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum
739 Washington Street
Quincy, Massachusetts
(617) 479-7900

http://www.uss-salem.org/index.htm

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