Thanks again!!
As far as record keeping is concerned, the army did a much better job of that then the Marine Corps did. A major who wrote a great book, Ghosts of Iwo Jima told me that doing the research for his book was much easier when he was looking into army docs. Not sure why that is but I guess it works out for you. Following this tour (about two 1/2 more years to go) I will be going to "Command and Staff" college in Quantico which will make available a lot of records to me. I may go up there for a weekend for my class I'm taking right now if I get the chance.
I'll post another of my grandfather's notebook pages after your wrists get some rest from typeing!
And hey! I'm a Lieutenant now! Only 20 more posts and I'll be at my actual rank. I suppose at that time I'll have to slow down for a while.