I had mixed feelings about the US Mint profiting from this but I’m touched by the history and legacy of service we all share and are sharing here.

Fully agree.

you should be able to request service records as next-of-kin. it may not be ‘free’ though. just google search ‘military service records site:archives.gov’

I say than you Kaiser, they would probably just say “I was doing my job and did what I was told.” Or something like that. No one was special since everyone was involved in the war effort in their day.

Or can refer to the Mint’s website, as they have the mockups of how the coins will look. They still don’t show the obverse of the American Women quarters though.

Yes, Kaiser, this happens. Only know so much about my maternal grandfather’s war record is because he was killed in action so all the paperwork went to his widow instead of the service member bring discharged.

We learned a lot about paternal grandfather because Washington Star newspaper did a write-up on him in 1943 because he was the senior most enlisted man in the Military District of Washington. Upon his death we then were able to view his records.

Thank you Lonnie. Some of the negative ones are tongue and cheek here 😉

Thank you for your father’s service. Which division was he in?

My paternal grandfather was the Sargeant Major of the Military District of Washington. Fought in WWI too. Got off the boat in NY from Romania via France and they shipped him back over to France and fight. Needless to say he hated that.

78th Lightening Division. His cannon emplacement gone blown up from a German cannon emplacement. RIP.