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View a recent newscast on some of the treasures in NARA's National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis.
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Military Resources

General Information on Military Records

• An Overview of Records at the National Archives Relating to Military Service, an article in Prologue Magazine
  
  
• General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
  (See also descriptive pamphlet for Microfilm T-288)
  
  
• 20th-Century Veterans' Service Records Safe, Secure-and Available, an article in Prologue Magazine about the National Personnel Records Center
  
  
• Ordering information for military service records
  
  
• Genealogical CD-ROMs with military records in the Archives Library Information Center, in the National Archives Building, Washington, DC
  
  
• Microfilm catalog of Military Service Records
  

  To search this catalog online:

  1. From the main Microfilm Catalog page, click Advanced Search (next to the Search button)
  2. In the righthand column, under Subject Catalog, select "Military Service Records"
  3. Hit "Search"
  
  
• Selected military documents digitized in the Archival Research Catalog (ARC)
  
  
• List of NARA Publications for sale relating to Military History
  
  
• Photographs and images from wars
  
  

Branches of Service

• Army
• Coast Guard
• Navy and Marine Corps

Information on Specific Wars

• American Revolution
  
  
• War of 1812
  
  
• Mexican War
  
  
• Civil War
  
  
• Spanish American War
  
  
• Philippine Insurrection
  
  
• Boxer Rebellion
  
  
• World War I
  
  
• World War II
  
  
• Korean War
  
  
• Vietnam War

Links to other military resources online

• Military Resources on other web sites, provided by the Archives Library Information Center

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