Douglas,
<https://www.fold3.com/> https://www.fold3.com/ is a web site to discovery a person's military service. They offer a 7 day trail version or you can subscribe by the month. You can search by military branch, conflict/war, type of record, etc. Site includes 695 WWII records for individuals with last name Kimpel. <https://www.ancestry.com/> https://www.ancestry.com/ offers a free trial package. Their site includes military records such as draft, enlistment and service records. <https://rootsweb.com/> https://rootsweb.com/ is another genealogy web site that may provide some leads Obituaries many times include clues to military service. If any of the sites identify the C47's tail number, you can use it in google/bing etc and fold3 searches. I found a whole newspaper article on my wife's uncle final flight that crashed during WWII. Also many squadrons have their own websites with histories, photos, rosters, etc. I have been expanding my mom's genealogy research using Family Tree Maker and the Ancestry site. Ancestry generally offers a 6 month subscription for about $100 that includes Ancestry and Fold3. I gives me something to do during winter months. My subscription has run out. Gerald Metting WA5ZVD From: BVARC [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Douglas Kimpel via BVARC Sent: Monday, June 14, 2021 11:20 PM To: rodney martinez <[email protected]>; BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]> Cc: Douglas Kimpel <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [BVARC] Flag Day Thank You Rod I am trying to find both my grandfather's records from WWII. Since I am a grandson, I can't get their information and with the internet as it is I am having trouble getting it! Captain Dday, all unknown! Captain flew C47s from India into China! Any help would be appreciated. Douglas Kimpel 713-206-2146 Cell 713-260-6129 Office _____ From: BVARC <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > on behalf of rodney martinez via BVARC <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, June 14, 2021 10:40 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Cc: rodney martinez <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [BVARC] Flag Day Just tell me what you need help with, Douglas. Wife is a General, and I am Extra. But we always donate, or support causes outside of the club. We help Vets and Police departments with many monthly donations to many of those groups. And my buddy that I just pushed through his Tech rating is the largest Vet donor I have ever known. I donated an old Volvo last week to Veteran Car Donations, but he made me look cheap by donating his Ford Mustang. 73, Rod Martinez NK5Q Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android <https://go.onelink.me/107872968?pid=InProduct&c=Global_Internal_YGrowth_And roidEmailSig__AndroidUsers&af_wl=ym&af_sub1=Internal&af_sub2=Global_YGrowth& af_sub3=EmailSignature> On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 22:23, Douglas Kimpel via BVARC <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ <https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/%20>
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