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After hitting several brick walls I am seeking help as where or how to proceed. My dad was in Battery A 505th CA (AA) regiment. I know he landed in Salerno. At this point I get totally lost. I can't find where or how his regiment was assigned, or combined with other regiments. All I know is the last 9 months he was an M P in Germany,arriving back in the states and was separated from service 11/17/45 Indiantown gap Pa. I received info from Eisenhower library , but there was no unit breakdown. National archives had nothing records were destroyed. Is there any record that would trace by name or service i.d. number? Any help would be appreciated. Rick

Will give both a try..will let you know if I find anything,Thanks Rick

On my fathers ww2 transcript from army enlisted records it lists the decorations he received ,they were listed as medals ,he has both the medal and associated ribbon ,my father in laws transcript which is navy has the decorations listed as just ribbons ,the family has none of the awards ,lost somewhere. My question is would my father in law only receive the ribbons as described or did he get both ribbon and medal.??.

I have come up empty on trying to find the ww2 uniform insignia and anything else that might have been issued upon completion of training. Looking for battery A 505th CA AA. Also were there any company graduation or battalion photos taken .I have seen a couple for air corp but not artillery.

I will give our local historical society and national guard unit a try--Thanks,Rick

I am just throwing this question out to find what I can do with dog tags???...I found a set of dog tags from an uncle that was in the Korean war, he has no family left and no one in my family is interested in war memorabilia. Any suggestions what I can do with them..The reason I am asking is I am not gonna be around forever.

I am looking at my dads ww2 separation qualification records-can anyone help with or direct me to where I can find out what the number represents after job description.. the list is as follows----1. Pvt. Basic 521,2. T5 cannoneer 531..,3.CPL Ammunition NCO 505,.. 4. CPL M P 677....He always told me he was a gun crewman on 90mm gun. he said it was self propelled, what did this gun look like, when I try to look it up the stationary gun is shown.

I GOT IN TOUCH WITH THE EISENHOWER MUSEUM. THEY HAVE 88 PAGES OF INFORMATION ON THE 505TH FROM THE TIME THEY LEFT ENGLAND,ARRIVED AFRICA AND SENT TO SALERNO..ITS IN BOX 258..

1st I would like to thank everyone for the previous help...I am now stuck ,my dad sailed from England to north Africa on 3/4/43,then north Africa to salerno on 9/9/43.I am trying to find out ports sailed from and to both movements, ,also trying to find ship ID. I used a hague site but apparently I used to many searches and won't let me do any more searches