Research Resource: “Military Service Records, Awards, and Unit Histories: A Guide to Locating Sources” (Updated)
The Congressional Research Service guide “Military Service Records, Awards, and Unit Histories: A Guide to Locating Sources” (RS 2182) was updated on August 7, 2018.
A full text copy of the document is available here (via the Federation of American Scientists).
About the Guide
This guide provides information on locating military unit histories and individual service records of discharged, retired, and deceased military personnel. It also provides information on locating and replacing military awards and medals. Included is contact information for military history centers, websites for additional sources of research, and a bibliography of other publications, including related CRS reports.
Direct to Full Text Guide
10 pages; PDF.
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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