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Posted by Sheila on 1/3/2008, 2:16 am, in reply to "Harold J. Swinehart 2-9-42 enlistment year"
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Since you already have your Grandfathers serial number you probably already have this information too.
I believe that when he enlisted he was living in Elkhart Indiana, and he enlisted at Toledo, Ohio.
Since you are a close relative.. Grandson.. you should be able to obtain a copy of your Grandfathers records if they are available.
This website tells how to go about it.
http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/get-service-records.html
Be warned that there was a huge fire at the National Records Center in 1973 and many records were lost.
From reading your message I assume that you don't know what bomb group or station your Grandfather served. If you can obtain his records they should give you more information. If they only give a station number, you can get back to me and I can tell you where that station was.
Good Luck!
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