Locating U S Military Records

Genealogy educator and tech guru, Dick Eastman, reported in his blog today a valuable new publication from the estimable Congressional Research Service - Military Service Records, Awards, and Unit Histories: A Guide to Locating Sources by Mese F. DeBruyne and Barbara Salazar Torreon.

The six-page report is downloadable from  this link. 

Mr. Kenneth Radnitzer R. I. P.

Last Friday's issue of the Chicago Tribune, January 5, 2018, carried the death notice for a life-time member of the Greatest Generation -  Mr. Kenneth Radnitzer  who participated in the  national Veterans History Project through the Niles-Maine District Library.

Mr. Radnitzer served in the Marines during World War II, winning a Silver Star. He fought in the Solomon Islands and spent 82 days on Okinawa.  His 2nd Battalion, 5th Regiment also served in China. He also participated in the Korean Army, serving in the US Army, and winning a Bronze Medal.

His interview, the memoir of a citizen-soldier,  can be read and heard via the library's website.

New Book Titles of Note

940.53089924 H496 Call Number

959.70436 R436 Call Number

 

Both Shelved in
     3rd Floor
New Book Section












The family of Niles VHP participant Max Kolpas                       Author is a veteran and journalist.
fled Lithuania escaping the Nazis. Ten years later
he  returned in the US Army to free Europe. 

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