Issue Number 33 January 2004
All information in this Newsletter is developed by Fred Clinton, Webmaster, 63rd Infantry Division and does not necessarily reflect the
views of other individuals and is in no way an Official Publication of the 63rd Infantry Division or 63rd Infantry Division Association.
views of other individuals and is in no way an Official Publication of the 63rd Infantry Division or 63rd Infantry Division Association.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!! GOOD HEALTH
AND HAPPINESS TO ALL DURING THIS
YEAR.
NOTE: I will be out of action from the end of
January 2004 until about the first week in
March 2004. So if you want to order Combat
Business Cards or CIB/CMB Certificates and
you want them before March please get your
orders in before 25 January 2004. You can
continue to order other Memorabilia Items
from the 63rd Infantry Division Historian. See
Memorabilia Section for details
VA SEEKS FORMER POWS FOR
POSSIBLE BENEFIT AWARDS:
The Department of Veterans Affairs has
advised that they are asking former prisoners
of war not currently using VA benefits to
contact VA to find out if they may be eligible
for disability compensation and other services.
You can contact the VA by calling
1-800-827-1000. More information about VA
services for former POWs is available at
www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/Benefits/POW/
DEDICATION OF THE NATIONAL WWII
MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON, D C
Plan to attend the four (4) day "Tribute to a
Generation" dedication celebration planned by
the American Battle Monuments Commission
for May 27-May 30 2004.
You can get details about the celebration and
what is required to attend the events by going
to the ABMC web site at the following
address: www.wwiimemorial.com
THE 63RD INFANTRY DIVISION
ASSOCIATION-USAR BRUNCH- 18
APRIL 2004
The 63rd Infantry Division Association USAR
will hold a brunch on 18 April 2004 at the
Fullerton California Four Points Hotel. If
interested in attending you can contact Don
Wirth at the following e-mail address:
dlw4@juno.com
AND HAPPINESS TO ALL DURING THIS
YEAR.
NOTE: I will be out of action from the end of
January 2004 until about the first week in
March 2004. So if you want to order Combat
Business Cards or CIB/CMB Certificates and
you want them before March please get your
orders in before 25 January 2004. You can
continue to order other Memorabilia Items
from the 63rd Infantry Division Historian. See
Memorabilia Section for details
VA SEEKS FORMER POWS FOR
POSSIBLE BENEFIT AWARDS:
The Department of Veterans Affairs has
advised that they are asking former prisoners
of war not currently using VA benefits to
contact VA to find out if they may be eligible
for disability compensation and other services.
You can contact the VA by calling
1-800-827-1000. More information about VA
services for former POWs is available at
www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/Benefits/POW/
DEDICATION OF THE NATIONAL WWII
MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON, D C
Plan to attend the four (4) day "Tribute to a
Generation" dedication celebration planned by
the American Battle Monuments Commission
for May 27-May 30 2004.
You can get details about the celebration and
what is required to attend the events by going
to the ABMC web site at the following
address: www.wwiimemorial.com
THE 63RD INFANTRY DIVISION
ASSOCIATION-USAR BRUNCH- 18
APRIL 2004
The 63rd Infantry Division Association USAR
will hold a brunch on 18 April 2004 at the
Fullerton California Four Points Hotel. If
interested in attending you can contact Don
Wirth at the following e-mail address:
dlw4@juno.com
REQUESTING MILITARY RECORDS ON LINE:
The Army Retirement Bulletin "Army Echoes" has
advised me that you can now request military
records from the National Personnel Records Center
on line.
Military veterans and the next of kin of deceased
former military members can use a new online
military personnel records system to request
documents. Others who need documents must still
complete the Standard Form 180 which can be
downloaded from the web site.
The new web-based application was designed to
provide better service on these requests by
eliminating the records center's mailroom processing
time. Also because the requester will be asked to
supply all information essential for NPRC to process
the request, delays that normally occur when NPRC
has to ask veterans for additional information will be
minimized.
Veterans and next of kin may access this application
at http://vetrecs.archives.gov. Please note there is
no "www" in the address.
Before contacting the NPRC for information you
might consider contacting either Bill Scott, 63rd
Infantry Division Association Historian at
wjs631@comcast.net or myself at
joyclint@comast.net to see if we have the records or
orders you need.
63D INFANTRY DIVISION ASSOCIATION
MEMBERSHIP STRENGTH
If you have ever wondered what is happening to the
membership of the 63rd Infantry Division
Association, go to associationmemberspage1
and scan through the membership lists.
For the past few months I have been deleting names
from the list as we receive reports of death or
members fail to renew their membership for one
reason or another.
When I have deleted a name I have not filled the
vacant space as I usually did by moving names up or
down. The vacant spaces are rapidly increasing in
number as time goes by.
The Army Retirement Bulletin "Army Echoes" has
advised me that you can now request military
records from the National Personnel Records Center
on line.
Military veterans and the next of kin of deceased
former military members can use a new online
military personnel records system to request
documents. Others who need documents must still
complete the Standard Form 180 which can be
downloaded from the web site.
The new web-based application was designed to
provide better service on these requests by
eliminating the records center's mailroom processing
time. Also because the requester will be asked to
supply all information essential for NPRC to process
the request, delays that normally occur when NPRC
has to ask veterans for additional information will be
minimized.
Veterans and next of kin may access this application
at http://vetrecs.archives.gov. Please note there is
no "www" in the address.
Before contacting the NPRC for information you
might consider contacting either Bill Scott, 63rd
Infantry Division Association Historian at
wjs631@comcast.net or myself at
joyclint@comast.net to see if we have the records or
orders you need.
63D INFANTRY DIVISION ASSOCIATION
MEMBERSHIP STRENGTH
If you have ever wondered what is happening to the
membership of the 63rd Infantry Division
Association, go to associationmemberspage1
and scan through the membership lists.
For the past few months I have been deleting names
from the list as we receive reports of death or
members fail to renew their membership for one
reason or another.
When I have deleted a name I have not filled the
vacant space as I usually did by moving names up or
down. The vacant spaces are rapidly increasing in
number as time goes by.