[Genealib] Pre-1947 Official Military Personnel Files now open (in St. Louis, MO)

[Claire Kluskens]

Here's big news from the National Archives:

ARCHIVES ANNOUNCES INITIAL RELEASE OF MILITARY PERSONNEL FILES
The National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) has announced it will  
open for the first time all of the individual Official Military  
Personnel Files (OMPFs) of Army, Army Air Corps, Army Air Forces,  
Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard military personnel who served and  
were discharged, retired or died while in the service, prior to 1946.
Collectively, these files comprise more than six million records.  
This is the second step in the progressive opening of the entire  
paper and microfiche OMPF collection of over 57 million individual  
files. Additional military personnel records will be made available  
to the public each year through 2067 until the entire collection is  
opened.
To view an original record, individuals may visit the NPRC Archival  
Research Room in St. Louis, MO. Research room hours are 10 a.m. to 4  
p.m. Central Time Tuesday through Friday. Visitors are strongly  
encouraged to call ahead (314-801-0850) to make reservations.
The National Personnel Records Center, Military Personnel Records  
(NPRC-MPR) is the repository of millions of military personnel,  
health, and medical records of discharged and deceased veterans of  
all services during the 20th century (Records prior to WWI are in  
Washington, DC). NPRC (MPR) also stores medical treatment records of  
retirees from all services, as well as records for dependent and  
other persons treated at naval medical facilities.

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