NATICF.;AL PER-SC|.II iEL RICOP,DS CINTEi.i AF.CIJ{ViS DRlvg 5T l.(]i..)t-\. r,io (t3138_1002

w ww. arrh iy,:t. gptt

March 20,2014

Roger SmithAttn: Tracey Smith2707 Bercdict Canyon DriveBeverly Hills, CA 902i0TINITED STATES

RE: Veteran's Name: SMITH, Roger LavernsSNisN: ,.**r(*:k054Request Number: 2-ll7 lWl08Z2

Dear Recipient:

Thank you for contacting the National Personnel Records Center. We have been attempting toverify the veteran's military service from the information that has been provided. We haveconducted extensive searches ofevery records source and alternate records source at this Center;however, we have been unable to locate any information that would help us verify the veteran'smilitary service.

Fcr a furthei'scaroh, pleasc fornish us witLr ary papers yorr iiiay liave wirich rriay provideadditional information about the requested military service, such as military ord.i., awards,citations andlor military addresses shown on letters mailed home. Unfortunately, without anynew data, we will not be able to conduct a further search. We regret that we are unable toprovide a more positive response.

If you have questions or comments regarding this response, you may contact us at 314-801-0800or by mail at the address shown in the letterhead above. If you contact us, please reference theRequest Number listed above. If you are a veteran, or a deceased veteran's next of kin, pleaseconsider submitting your future requests online by visiting us at http://vetrecs.archives.gov.

ALBERT MCFADDE,NWe Value Our

Veterans' PrivacyArchives Technician (AFN-MC4C) Let us krmw if toe Imoe

failed to protect it.

Sincerely

\r\qti$kN? $t'tr'N

March 20,2014

Roger SmithAttn: Tracey Smith2707 Benedict Canyon DriveBeverly Hills, CA 90210UNITED STATES

RE: Veteran's Name: SMITH, Roger LavernSSN/SN:

'.*****054Request Number: 2-ll7 17310822

Dear Recipient:

Thank you for contacting the National Personnel Records Center. We have been attempting toverify the veteran's military service from the information that has been provided. We haveconducted extensive searches ofevery records source and alternate records source at this Center;however, we have been unable to locate any information that would help us verify the veteran'smilitary service.

For a furthel scaruh, pleasc f.irnish',is '*-ith ailJ papers you iriay havc wiri

NATICNAL PERSC}.II.JEL RTCORDS CTNTERi ARCI{lVi5 DRIVE ST t,CUlS. lvlO (,3138-'1002

:x,vtw.arrh iv fi.&01)

@,*,NAT IC)NALA,RCHIVES

January 13,2015

TRACEY DR. SMITHMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, VACENTRAL OFFICE2707 BENDEDICT CANYONBEVERLY HILLS; CA 90210

RE: Veteran's Name: SMITH, Roger LSSN/SN: ******054Request Number: 2-11988326471

Dear Recipient:

Thank you for contacting the National Personnel Records Center. We have been attempting toverify the veteran's military service from the information that has been provided. We haveconducted extensive searches ofevery records source and alternate records source at this Center;however, we have been unable to locate any information that would help us verify the veteran'smilitary service. We also checked with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which is areliable souroe of information, but this agency was not able to fumish any data indicating that theveteran served in the U.S. Armed Forces.

For a further search, please furnish us with any papers you may have which may provideadditional information about the requested military service, such as military orders, awards,citations and/or military addresses shown on letters mailed home. Unfortunately, without anynew data, we will not be able to conduct a further search. We regret that we are unable toprovide a more positive response.

If you have questions or comments regarding this response, you may contact us at 3 t 4-801 -0800or by mail at the address shown in the letterhead above. If you contact us, please reference theRequest Number listed above. If you are a veteran, or a deceased veteran's next of kin, pleaseconsider submitting your future requests online by visiting us at http://vetrecs.archives.gov.

We Value OurVeterans' PrivacyLet usktrow if wehnue

failed to protect it.

Jian (AFN-MC4D)

DepeRTMENT oFVerennus ArrruRs

MemorandumDate: 516114From: Dr. Tracey L. Smith, Psychotherapy Coordinator, Mental Health Services, VACO

subj: DD-214 for my father, Mr. Roger L. Smith (Request #2-11717310822)ro Alan McFadden, Archives Technician, NationalArchives

Thru:Dear Mr. McFadden or other NationalArchive Staff,Thank you for your letter of March 20th lcopy enclosed) regarding the so-far unsuccessful search forverifying my father's military service, As you can see from the letterhead, I am also a federal employeefor the Dept. of Veterans Affairs. I appreciate the work you all do at the NationalArchives for ournation's Veterans. Per your request I am submitting supporting military documents.Enclosed is:

. A copy of "The Hoist" newspaper from July 18, 1952 (the original is quite large so I made 3overlapping copies of different parts of the page. ln the middle of the page is a picture of someTWT Honormen, and below the picture my father's name is listed.

. 2 copies of a photo of his class at the U.S. NavalTraining Center, San Diego on 2 May, 1953

. A copy a certificate stating he has been appointed Apprentice Chief Petty Officer on 6 May,1953 from the U.S. Naval Training Center, San Diego

. A certificate demonstrated he completed the Reserve Seaman Recruits course on 19 July,1952 from U.S. NavalTraining Center, San Diego.

. A certificate demonstrated he completed the Airman SchoolClass P course on 7 August,, 1953from Department of the Navy.

. And finally, something that you may or may not want to consider. Attached is a press releaseabout my father. He was a TV and movie star in the 1950's and 60's. He is married to theactress Ann-Margret, who did several USO tours with Bob Hope to entertain the troops duringthe Vietnam War. I included the press release because it mentions that he served in the FleetAll Weather Training Unit Pacific (FAWTUPAC), outside of Honolulu at Barber's Point. He wasa Link Trainer lnstructor. I will also include his Wikipedia page which provides somebackground. I realize these are not "evidence" since they are not original source documents butit provides context to this claim.

Thank you for your continued efforts to verify my father's service! Please don't hesitate to call or emailme if you or another other staff at the National Archives have questions.You may need my father to sign a release to talk with me and we can supply that if I can get the properform.

Dr. Tracey L. Smith, Psychotherapy Coordinator,Mental Health Services, VA Central OfficeTracev.Smith2@va.qov281-222-7307 Work608-239-9448 Home

fiI8TS, 2105

Smith, Tracey L. (Mental Health VACO)From:Sent:To:Subject:Attachments:

Smith, Tracey L. (Mental Health VACO)Tuesday, September 09,20L4 5:32 PM'Sheana Gray'; mpr status (mpr.status@nara.gov)RE: [EXIERNAL] Re: Request Number 2-LL717310822 - follow-upProof of mailing.pdf

Dear Ms. Gray -

Thank you for writing me something other than the standard response.

Can I refax the materials to you personally? Here is why I am asking.

The letter I rec'd on 3/20 says additional information was needed. I have been trying to get that additional informationto your office in many ways. Each time I am told it has not been received.

o Emailed the material -

this was rejected due to your policiesr Faxed on 814

- your office says never rec'd

- although fax went through 8/4114 at 12:11 pm CT

o I just faxed again right now -

today 9/9114 at 5:19 pm CTo Mailed

- your office says never rec'd

- please see attached proof of receipt from the post office noting receipt

on MAY L2,2OL4o Called many times and can never get through.

As a fellow government employee I am at my wits end as to how to navigate this process.

Sincerely

Tracey Smith

TraceyLeone Smith, Ph. D.Psychotherapy CoordinatorMental Health Services (VACO)tracey.smithe@va.govz8r-zzz-79o7

MAILINGADDRESS:Michael E. Debakey VA Medical CenterHealth Senices Research and Development,Center for Innovations in Quality, Bffectiveness & Safetyzooz Holcombe Blvd, Mail Code (r5z)flouston, TX77o3oFind out more about Evidence tsased Psychotherapies athtttrr://var,yrv.mentalhealth.va. ggvletrul

From : Sheana Gray [ma ilto : shea na. g ray@ nara.qov]Sent: Tuesday, August 26,2014 4:08 PMTo: mpr.status@nara.qovCc: Smith, Tracey L. (Mental Health VACO)Subject: IEXTERNAL] Re: Request Number 2-7t7773I0822 - follow-up

Thank you for contacting the National Personnel Record Center. We never received the additionaldocumentation. Please resubmit with any additional information you have on the veteran's military service.

Smith, Tracey L. (Mental Health VACO)From: mpr status Sent: Friday, September L9,20L4 7:30 AMTo: mpr.status@nara.govCq Smith, Tracey L. (Mental Health VACO)Subject [EXIERNAL] Re: FAXED information related to Request Number 2-L17L73L0822

Thank you for contacting the National Personnel Records Center. I am going to ask you to send the fax to adifferent number. Use 1-314-801-0763 and mark the fax: ATTN: CHARLEEN, Desk 10.

When the fax comes in, I will hand carry it to my supervisor who will scan it into the system so we can moveforward with your request. I truly apologize for the trouble you have experienced so far.

Respectfully,

Charleen V

Customer Service Representative

National Personnel Record Center

On Wednesday, September 17, 2014 5:00:58 PM UTC-5, Smith, Tracey L. (Mental Health VACO) wrote:

Can I get an update on receipt of the follow-up information that I faxed again on 9/91L4? See email thread below.

I have sent supporting documents as requested by your office.

VHA FAX TRANSMITTALTo

ATTN: CHARI,EEN DESK 10

Fax Number I FTS

(314) 801-0753

Commercial Date

09/1,9/201,4

No. PagesAttached

l_B

SubjectAdditional information request for 2-11-71-731-0822From

Dr. Tracey L. Smith, Ph.D.Telephone Number f FTS

(608) 239-9448r Commercial

This transmission is intended only for the use of the person or office to whom it is addressed and may contain informationthat is privileged, confidential, or protected by law.

All others are hereby notified that receipt of this message does not waive any applicable privilege or exemption fromdisclosure and that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is prohibited.

If you received this communication in error, please notiff us immediately at the telephone number shown below. Thank you.

Dear Ms. Charleen - Thank you for your assistance with my father's case 2*1L71,73L0822. Inyour last email to me you stated you would waLk this faxed material to your supervisor'sdesk and ensure that the attached is scanned into the system. THANK YOUI ! MPer the first response from NPRC f am submitt.j-ng supporting mi-litary documents.Enclosed is:r A copy of "The Hoist" newspaper from,July 18, 1,952 (the original is quite large so Imade 3 overlapping copies of different parts of the page. In the middle of the page is apicture of some TWT Honormen, and below the picture my father's name is listed.. 2 copies of a photo of his cl-ass at the U.S. Naval Trai-ning Center, San Diego on 2 May,19 53r A copy a certificate stating he has been appointed Apprentice Chief Petty Officer on 6May, 1953 from the U.S. Naval Training Center, San Diego. A certificate demonstrated he completed the Reserve Seaman Recruits course on 19 July,1952 from U.S. Naval Training Center, San Diego.. A certificate demonstrated he completed the Airman School CLass P course on 7 August,,1953 from Department of the Navy.o And finally, something that you may or may not want to consider. Attached is myfatherls wikipedia page. I included this page because it ment,ions that he served in theFleet A11 Weather Training Unit Pacific (FAWTUPAC) , outside of Honolulu at Barber'sPoint,. He was a Link Trai-ner Instructor. He was a TV and movi-e star in t.he 1950's and60's. He is married to the actress Ann-Margret, who did several USO tours with Bob Hopeto entertain the t.roops during the Vietnam War. I realize this is not "evidence" since itis not an original source document but iL provides context to this claim.

SincerelyDr. Tracey L. Smith,Psychotherapy Coordinator, Mental Health Services, VA Central OfficeTracey. Smit.h2@va . gov

28L-222-7307 Work608-239-9448 Home

XCj?# 10-0114R

B",r\-rc tai,tl'Rr"Faii 6\q5e ?lqssLNL \fa,t*o^f \\\$n(r^,thfFqlDtq qo-L

f-l\td-Tu ta{"r\e,L t4\ trJo-t'k"1r"r"ry by*' {)az^{+"

ROGERS O CO\VAN.INC.PUBLIC RELATIONS

965' \TILSHIRE BOULEVARDBEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA 90212-2'92

(213) ?7t-4tsl TELEX 687-442

CABLE ADDRESS ROCOPUBBEVERLY HILLS. CALIFORNIA

ROGER SMITH

a biographyAlthough Roger Smith will likely live forever in reruns

r

as Jeff Spencer, one of the det.ective heroes of the longrunning tt77 Sunset Strip," these days hets firmly seated onthe other side of the cameras. For more than a decade,Smith has devoted his full energies to managing the many-faceted career of his wife, Ann-Margret -- a stewardship which,combined with her formidable talents, has made her one of theworld's top performers.

Smi th was born in Los Angeles in 1-932 and got into show.business early at age six. He was one of the "MeglinKiddiesr" a troupe of children trained for work in movies andradio. He learned to sing, dance and act, and stayed withN{eglin's unt.il he was 12, when his family moved to Arizona.In high school there, Smith appeared in every school play whilealso finding time to captain the football team and serve assenior class president.

Smith was the first student. in his high school to evergo to college on a football scholarship: the University ofArLzona, which he entered as a drama major. During his earlyyears in college, Smith branched out into a musical act,singing Spanish songs while accompanying himself on the guitar.During his sophomore year, Smith won 1st place in the Universityof Arizona talent show. This made him eligible to try out for

Ncw York Omcc: 122 Eest 42nd Srcct, Nn Yort, Nry York 10168 (212) 490-8200 Ceblc: ROCOPUB Ncw York. ,J}tf,r ' ' ''Wtshington D.C. Oficc: 2rr0 M Strcct N\)tr, Suitc ,{r0, Washington, D.C. 20or7

ROGER SMITHa biographyPage 2

the Ted Mack Original Amateur Hour, which he won and thenwenL on to take first prize on the Horace Heidt Show when itcame through Tucson.

An injury put an end to Smit.hrWit.h no f inancial means t,o continue

s football scholarship.college and with the

Korean conflict intensifying,

Smith's naval experiences affected his future profoundly; first,by giving him a love of flying that has lasted his whole lifeand, second, by providing his first entry into professionallevel show business. Smith was in Honolulu when Henry Fonda,Jimmy Cagney and I,Jilliam Powell arrived to shoot the filmversion of t'Mr. Roberts. " Smith became f riendly with theactors, particularly so with Cagney who was quit.e impressedwith Smith and .guiLar. Einding out that Cagney was t.aking upthe guitar himself, Smith began tutoring the veteran actorwhenever both of them were "out of uniform". Cagney offeredto help Smith get started in show business and told him tocall when he got out the service.

trihen his naval term was upr Smith went straight toHollywood and tried getting in touch with Cagney, who,unfortunately, was shooting a film in a remote location andunreachable. While waiting for Cagney to geL back to town,Smtih auditoned and was offered the opportunity of singing ina Sunset Boulevard showcase theater. It was there that. hewas spott.ed by a Warner Brothers talent scout who put Smithinto the studios drama class in preparation for a screen test.A girl Smith became friendly with in the drama class asked him

more...

ROGER SMITHa biographyPage 3

to assist her in a screen t.est she was doing at ColumbiaPictures. Even though Smith played mosL of the scene withhis back to t.he camera, Smith got signed and girl didn't.It was the end of a beautiful friendship. At that pointCagney came back to town and got in touch with Smith,offering to set up an interview for him at MGM. Smith'sreply was a grateful, "thanks a lot, but Itm already undercontract at Columbia. tt

Smith started working in films, including "No Time ToBe Young" and "Operation Mad BaIl.rr He kept in touch withCagney and eventually made two films with him, most notable,"Man Of A Thousand Faces" in which Smith portrayed Cagney'sson. Smith put in three years at Columbia, then was signedOI Universal and later put under contract by Warner BroLherswhen he tested and was given the role of Patrick Dennis int'Auntie Mamett.

It. was at \{arner Brothers that Smith was teamed withEfrem Zimbalist, Jr. and Edd Byrnes in the Hollywood baseddetective series "77 Sunset Strip." The show climbed to thetop ten within its first year (1959) and stayed there for thenext six.

As is usually the case wit.h the star of a hit series,Smit.h became internationally known, but he ref used to settleinto the routines of stardom, Smith felt increasingly dis-satisfied with acting, wanting to get into other areas,especially writing, and he wrot.e several episodes of "77Sunset Strip.r' He kept up his music, and hired a youngwriter-personal manager named Al1an Carr to help him creat.ea singing/comedy act. When they were finished they took the

more...

ROGER SMITHa biographyPage 4

act to the t'Hungry i" in San Francisco. Smith appeared on thebill with two then- unknown comedians, Don Adams and Bill Cosby.

One other thing happened during Lhe run of Sunset Strip:while en rout.e to a charity appearance in Wisconsin, Smithhad to change planes in Chicago and it was at the airport that.

,

he was introduced to a frlend of a friend, a young woman tryingto break into Hollywood. "She was on her way to Hollywood for herf irsL screen test r'r Smith recalls, t'and I f elt sorry f or her.She had such high hopes and I knew her chances of making it werepretty slim. " I{ithin a year, she had become the hottest thingin the business, with her face on practically every magazinecover in America. The young woman was, of course, Ann-Margret....but she and Smith were not to cross paths again for severaly.ears.

After Sunset Strip ended its long runr Smith devotedhis energies to other aspects of show business. I^/ith Allan Carras a tutor, he began to learn the business from the other end.Smith wrot.e and sold some screenplays; then he began to moveinto the personal management field.

It was at the ttHungry i" that Smit.h again ran into Ann-Margret. She was in San Francisco shooting a movie whichwas delayed because of good weather. "They needed rain tofinish the last of a sequence they had started when it \.vasraining, " says Smith. "Normal1y, the rveather in SanErancisco that time of the year is awful, but suddenly theweather was gorgeous." Ann-Margret had a Iot of free t.imeon her hands and Smith took fuII advantage of the situation.He invited her to see him perform at the Hungry i and afterhis show, they made a date to go flying in Roger's airplane

more...

ROGER SMITHa biographyPage 5

the next morning. They saw one another every day for thenext two weeks while the movie company conLinued to wait forrain. That was over 20 years ago and he and Ann-Margret havebeen t.ogether ever since.

On May 8, tg67, they married. In the beginning, Roger Ithought it better for their personal relationship if they keptt.heir careers separate with Roger staying out of her businessaffairs. Butr 8s Ann-Margret began having serious careerproblems in the late '50ts, Roger decided he had t.o inLervene,and he and Al1an Carr did jus.t. that. Ann-Margret had becomefamous originally as a sex symbol, which is not a category knownfor durability, but Smith had great faith in her talent. andrefused to let her career fade.' Smit.h and Carr masLerminded the campaign that saw Ann-

Margret emerge, against the'expectations of a11 the ttexpertsr"as the multitalented performer she always had been.

Smith began producing Ann-Margret's nightclub actsand found he had a hidden talent for bringing t.ogether theexciting ingredients of a cabaret show. Ann-Margret's clubacts and theater productions were phenominal suceesses,breaking attendance records everywhere and loved by the audiencesand crities as welI.

Over the years Smit.h was able to Lurn these productionshows into financial bonanzas while still keeping Ann-Margret'sacting career in full swing. Seldom has any performer had thebest of both worlds as Ann-Margret has enjoyed.

more...

ROGER SMITHa biographyPage 6

The breakthrough in Ann-Margretts acting career came whenSmith insis ted t.hat. they f ly to New York (at their own expense)and see Mike Nichols who was interviewing act,resses for the roleof Bobbi Templeton in "CarnaI Knowledg"." Nichols met Ann-MargreL,decided to test her and the rest is history. This was the beginningof Ann-Margretts career as a serious actress, a career that after allthese years shows no sign of abating.

Today the couple enjoy one of t.he longest and most successfulmarriages in Hollywood. Managing the career of his superstar wifedidntt prove a problem for them because of t.heir extraordinary personalrelationship, a relat.ionship that is based on friendship, love andrespect. Together, they have had not only success, but have been ableLo overcome near tragedy, finding comforL and strength in one another,and as a result, have become an inspiration for others.

Although Smith doesn't 'f ly as much as he used to, he andAnn-Margret st.ill'engage in their long-time love of motorcycles.They live in a house that sit.s on ten acres high above Beverly Hills,a house built by film pioneer Thomas Ince, then owned by Hedy Lamarr,who in turn sold it to Humprey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. The Smithshave lived there for 15 years and also have a beach house in Malibuwhere they relocate the family menage (currently a malLese dog andfour alley cats) when they want to spend a few days by the ocean.

ifoluio

$,nyoain1 tpecia[ t,.utt ond "o^{id.emcc i* tLn ,$;tity, jul1ment ,rrn t"y*[t5 ,t

I10?rIR Lr\VrtriilT S;]\riI'I]{ SR qI.S.gt.ftn Nr.,o t{ria d,oy hnun oyyointcd a.nl'\ui)r'ent j-ce Cl'ii ef 3et1,y Cf f icerr

JCn io lf.non{oon .o..o{utty o*7 di[iXn*lty to dia"lrno1n oW tf.e d,uticd o{ on0.yyon*ti"u9nfiy 1ff,"r. ,r,.d frn id t, oTny tltn ood.noa qnd d.ino.ctiant nJfri"$ $ot$oll on"n,Jn {o.,rn frio oupnoiont in oon/', occond.ing to t\n ,rulu ..nc{ didciplinn"{ tk.T(oly, o^l tkn fR"ogut.u.io,.a {orf{te Toten nmn t ,J tfrnTooi*i^g eonto*,.,,,,d" oW rnen und,o,r q.ecn-ult tno,ininT oou .frooTe) or.D ncluined to fin ,Bnd^nnt to8^l"a{"1ondend.

TAio -ffo;ntmcnt io {o continuc in {c,rrn

(oo .ouc.8y Aio eo^m..ndi,.g 9ffi..n.du,,.inr pctiod o( l,,.rini on ur.til. ita ,rcdocolion

6 i,{a... 4s 53COMMAIID I IIG OFFI CER, RECRU I T TRAI II I I{G COMI-IAiIO

I TND.NTC. 56(REV. 6. 48) DPPO. SAN DI EGO. ML. 778

tI r-u

RECRUIT TRAIT{IilG COMMANDU. S. NAVAL TRAINING CENTER

SAN DIEGO 33, GALIFORNIA

U N ITED STATES NAVY

gvi ITH ROGER L.This ;s to certify that

363 L7 75has satifactorily completed the course of instruction for Reserve SeantanRecruits based upon the requirements ds prescribed by the lBureau tf'Ipval ?ersonnel rutith a fnal achievement mark 6f 2.96 , on this

ts day o@ ry52-. /f: :' ,Captain, USNCommanding

, -_..-,s!-Y.:b

THE HOIST

political excitement prevalent lastral honorman photo, as the men whoraduation parade last Saturday poseI to lower right: Charles B. Renn,Anderson, Grady Harper, Paul J.

, Moller, John A. Weaver, Bobtry L.rger C. Mastin, Jr., Gary L. Feasel,

Eiday, July 18, 1952

Don't Get Crossed.Up

rwell, Bode, Billie E.-Wilcox, IVlartinLucien ii. Jeweli. **

-.

I

r

TWT HONORlIEN-Reserve two-week trainees who were chosen bytheir companies as best demonstrating qualities of integrity andleadership receive certificates at the graduation parade today. Left

-_.. Da,rmnn stansbury. Jr., Donald L. Diegel_

ted line can mean business, sohis enlistment papers with anin recruit training at ElliottAnnex, beginning a four-year ca-reer in the Navy. And, there isno doubt in this recruit's mindthat his "X" made the contractbinding.

Occasionally, he has had diffi-culty making it stick on checksand other important papers, buthe usually wins out proving thevalidity of the X. It took somedetaiied explaining when he triedto enlist in the Navy, but the chiefboatswain mate at the recruitingstation finally agreed to send thelad to San Diego. His name is"X" Free. He has no middle name.

Just why this recruit got thisname is si.:r,.nlp,- And, come tothink of it, it mares sense. Hecomes from a family of 20, wliere_he fits in as the tenth of 18 chil-dren. Hailing from Archibald, La.,he is the son of Mrs. LeIa E. Free.His father is deceased.

In getting'fis-rarre;X's -rf, i)tirerdecided to appropriately christenher 10th child. It was no problemfor her to select X, meaning "10"in the Roman numerals.

X hasn't thought too much aboutthe kind of work he'd. like to doin the Navt''-;ut in civilian life,he did construction work at Archi-bald, La.

He has two brothers who arealso in service. His brother Jamesis with the Infantry and stationedin Alaska. Another brother, Wyatt,is in the Air Force in Japan.

Citing Bible FailsTo Assist Draftee

A new excuse for reclassifica-tion from a 1-A status was of-fered recently by a newly-mar-ried youth to his Greenville, S.C,draft board. He cited Deuteron-omy, Chap. 24, verse 5, whichreads:

"When a nran hath taken anew wife, he shall not go outto war, neither shall he becharged with any business, buthe shall be free at home oneyear and shall cheer up hiswife he hath taken."

Selective Service laws, how-ever, took preference, accordingto the board's decision.

X Meons 'Ten,' Noturally,But lt's Odd When Free

Putting an "X" on the dotlearned a.recruit who signedi'X" and now finds himself

Efforts of NineBeservists Noted

Nine honormen graduating fromtwo-week reserve training r.r,iil bepresented their certificate au,ardsthis afternoon, duting their paradeon Preble Fie1d.

Selected on their merits of lead-ership and military bearing, themen are: Roger L. Smith, Nogaies,Ariz,; Raymon T. Stansbury, Ala-meda, Calif.; John W. Hunt, LosAngeles, Calif.; Donald L. Diegei-man, Los Atrgeles, Calif.; JosephE. Ostrorn, Los Angeles.

Richard A. Catlin, Stockton,Calif.; Robert H. Bender, Oakland,Calif.; Cecil W. Muilikin, Lor.rgVielr', Texas, and Edwin R. Rob.crrs, Tuscoice, fexas.

1fl

td*f{7n

I

F '..t

:i,: is:dl

irj Ti

ttandtrd Form 180 (Rev. 5/12) (Page l) Authorized 1br lml reproductionPrescribedbyNARA(36cFR1228.168(b) Preyiouseditionunusable OMBNo.3095-0029 Expires0l/31/2015

REQUEST PERTAINING TO MILITARY RECORDS+ Requests from vetenns or deceased veteran's next-of-kin may bs submitted online by using evetRecs at http://www.archives.gov/vsterans/militar-service-recordsl+

(Trs ensure rhe best possible sen'it:e. plglt:;e &":pyglU:lyrgyJkaqc lt"rt" print cleqqqllp$lj IryryqeMATION NEEDED To LOCATE REc0nDQllo""o!"ry_much as possil. NAME TJSED DtIRING SF.RVICE (last. first- and middlc)

Snn fi1* , BoeElL Ats\ LN2. SOCIAI,SECI]RN-Y]IO. I 3. DATF,OFBIRTHsos 3t( oosq t \L-17 -32 OF U\

5. SERVICE. PAST Al,tD PRESENT (F;or an effective records search, it is important that all sen'ice be shown below.)BRANCH OF SERVICE

a. ACTIVECOMPONENT

b. RESERI'ECOII{PONDNT

t. NATIONALGUARD

6. IS THIS PERSON DECEASED? If "YES- enter the date of death.EI No I vrs

DATEEN'TERED I n,qreRF-I-F-ASED I orrrcrn I ENrrsrgo I S.ERVIcENUMBER-'-""'' | "'"" | ""'..-*" l'"'""':" | flf unknown,urite"untrooun"

7. IS (WAS) THIS PERSON RE'|IRED FROM MILITARY SERVICE?nNo f,vEs

SBCTION II -

INFORMATION AND/OR DOCUMENTS REQUESTED1. CHECK THE ITEM(S) YOU ARE REQUBSTING:

DD Form 214 or equivalert. \{hen rvas the DD Form(s} 214 issued? YEAR(S):If more than one period of service t,as performed, erren in the same trranch, there may be more than one DD2i4.This form contains inibrmation normally needed to verify rniiitary service. A copy may be sent to the veteran, the deceased veteran's next of kin, orother persons or organizations if authorized in Section IlI, below. An UNDBLETED DD214 is ordinarily required to determine eligibilitv forbenefits" Sensitiveitems,suchas,thecharacterofseparation,authorityforseparation,reasonforseparation,reenlistmenteligibilitycode,separation (SPD/SPN) code, and dates of time lost ale usually shorvn-An undeleted copy will be sent unless you specify a deleted copy. Indicate here if you want a deleted copy of the DD Form 214 .J.The follo*ing items are deleted: authority for separation, reason for sepamtion, reenlistment eligibility code, separation (SPD/SPN) code, and forseparations after June 30,1979, character of separation and dates of time lost.

All Documents in 0ffieial Military Personnel File (OMPF)

T UeAicat Records (Includes Serr,ice Treatment Records, Health (o.utpatient) and dental records.) If hospitalized (inpatient), the facility name anddate fbr each admission must be provided:

f

I Ottrer (Specify;r2. PURPOSE: (An explanation of the purpose of the request is strictly voluntary; however, such information may help to provide the best possibleresponseandmayresultinafasterreply. Informationprovidedwillinnorvaybeusedtomakeadecisiontodenytherequest.) Checkappropriatebox:

fif Benefits f, Employment E Va Loan Programs I MedicalE Other, explain:

fl Genealogy I Correction I Personal

SECTION III - RETURN ADDRESS AND SIGNATURE

"olher" aulhorized representalive, provide copt'ofauthori:.ation Letter.) No signatu.re required.fltr Art'Jtital records..Ff fulititury service member or veteran identified in Section I, aboveI Next of kinof deceaseclveteran:

(Relationship)MUST HAYE PROOF OF DEATII - See item 2a on irxtnction sheet

2. SET{D INFORMATION/DOCUMENTS TO:(Pl.ease prilfi or npe. See iteru 4 on accompan-tling, instruction-s.)

n Legal guarclian (Must submit copy of court appointment.)n Other(specify)

3. AUTIIORIZATION SIGNATURE WIIEN REQUIRED (See items 2u or 3aon *tcorapanying inslntction-s.l I declare (or certify, verify. or state) under penaltyof per.iury under the laws of the United States of America that t}le information inthis Section III is true and corect. No signature required for Archival records.

Signature Required - Do not print

i)()Dal.time phone

City State ZipCode Email address

Fax Number

Standard Form 180 (Rev.5/12) (Page 2) Authorized for Iocal rcproductionNARA (36 CFR 1 Previous edition unwble OMB No.309a0029 Exoires 0lBl/2015

LOCATION OF MILITARY RECORDSThe various categories of military service records are descriH in the chart belolv. For each category there is a code number which indicates the addressat the bottom of the page to which this request should be sent. Please refer to the Instruction and Information Sheet accompanying this form as needed.

BRANCH CTJRRENTSTATUS OF SBRYICE MEMBER"

ADDRESSCODE

Personnel Recert

Medical orService

TrrcatmentRmord

AIRFORCE

Discharged, deceased, or retired before 5lll 1994 l4 l4Discharged, deceased, or retired 5/ 1/ I 9tM.

-

9 l3O I 2W t4 llDischarged, deceased, or retired on or after 10111200/. llActive (including National Cuard on active duty in the Air Force), TDRL, or general o{ficers retired with payReserve, retired reserve in nonpay status, current National Guard officers not on active duty in the Air Force, orNational Guard released from active duty in the Air Force 2

Current National Guard enlisted not on active dutv in the Air Force l3

COASTGUARD

Discharge , deceased, or retired before l/l/1898 6Discharged, deceased, or retired lllll89l3

-3l3lll99$ 14 t4Discharged, deceased, or retired on ot after 4llll9p/8 14 l1Active, reserve, or TDRL 3

MARINECORPS

Discharged" deceased, or retired before I / I / 1 905 6Discharged, deceased, or retired lllll905

-4l30llq94 l4 14Discharged, deceased, or retired 5/lll994

- l2l3lll99t3 14 t1

Discharged, deceased, or retired on or after llll1999 4 llIndividual Ready Reserve )Active, Selected Marine Corps Reserve, TDRL 4

ARMY

Dscharged, deceased, or retired before I 1/l/1912 (enlisted) or before 7/l/1917 (officer) 6Dischareed, deceased. or retired llll/1912

- l0ll5ll99Z (eriisted) or 7/lll917

- W$llW2 (of{icer) l4

Discharged, deceased, or retired after 1011611992 L4 llActive enlisted, offi cers 7Forrner National Guard/USAR personnel l4

NAVY

Discharged, deceased, or retired before 1/l/1886 (enlisted) or before lllll903 (officer) 6_Dscharged, deceased, or retired lll11886

- 1/30/1994 (enlisted) or l/l/1903

-113011994 (officer) 6+) l4Discharged, deceased, or retired 1l3lll994- l2l3l/l994 4 11Discharged, deceased, or retired on or after 11111995 0 llActive, reserve, or TDRL 0

PHS Public Health Service - Commissioned Corps officers only 2

AIIDRESS LIST OF CUSTODIANS (BY CODE NUMBERS SEOWN ABOVE) -

Where to write/send this form

IAir Fome Pemnnel CentuHQ AFPC/DPSIRI}550 C Street West, Suite 19Randolph AFB TX T8l5O-4721

6

National Archivm & Records AdministrationOld Mi[tary nnd Civil Reeods (NWCT&MiIitary)Textual Services Division7ffi Pennsylvaria Ave., N.W.Washington, DC 204O&{n01

1lDeparto*nt of Veterans Affair:sRecords Maaagement CenterP.O. Box 502)0St Lodq MO 63115-5020

2

Air Reerve Personnel C-entcrRecords Management Branch(DFTARA)18/20E,. Silver Crrcek Ave.Bldg. 390 MS 68D,.^Ul^., Am fl emrr

7

US Army Human Resouces CommndATTN: AHRC-PDR-Y1d00 Speartead Division Ave., lkpt 4Z)Fort Knox, ICf &12,L 54{t2askhrc.army@us.army.mil

t2Division of Commissioned Corps Officer SupportATTN: Records Of6cer1101 Wooton Parkway, Plaza Level, Suite 100Rockvitle,MD 2)0852

3

Commandern Personnel Service Ceuter(PSD-MR) MSTZmUS Coast Guard42fi) Wilson Blvd., Suite llfi)Arlington,YA D5!n-7m0http://uscg.miVpcc/adm

I Resemd. 13 Rewed-

4

Headquarters US. Marine CorpsManpower Management Support Branch(MMSBlo)2lXl8 ElliotRmdQuantico, VA 22134-5030

I Resemed. dl4National Personnel Records Center(Military Personnel Records)

{ ArcNves Dr.ft.Louis,MO 6313&1002eYetRecs!http : I I w anhives govl vderard military-servite -rectdsl5

Marine Forces Rescrve,14ffi Dauphine St-New Orleans, LA 701465400

10Navy Personnct Command (PERS-3X!E)572{) IntegriQr IlriveMillington, TN 38055-3121)

Signatu re Verification

Mon Feb O3 21:29129 EST 2At4

National Personnel Records Center

Military Personnel RecordsI Archives DriveSt. Louis, MO 63138-1002

Service RequestNumber:

ililflilililililtffiilililtil|fi

2-Lt717310822

I declare (or certify, verify, or state) under penalty of perjury under the laws of the UnitedStates of America that the information that I provided is true and correct.

Requester isr

Relationship:

(Signature Required)Please allow at least 90 days after you return the

signature page before following-up on the status ofyour request. During that time, please do not resubmit

your request as doing so will add further delay,(Print Name)

Sig nature Verification

Mon Feb O3 21:29:29 EST 2Al4

National Personnel Records CenterMilitary Personnel Records1 Archives DriveSt. Louis, MO 63138-1002

Service RequestNumber:

ilt ililillil|Lililil I l||]lllt til

2-LL717310822

I declare (or certify, verify, or state) under penalty of perjury under the laws ofthe United States of America that the information that I provided is true andcorrect.

Relationship:

($iEnature H.equired)Please allow at least 90 days after you

return the signature page beforefollowing-up on the status of your request.During that time, please do not resubmityour request as doing so will add further

delaY'(Print ftame)

Copy of Signature Verification - Do Not Mail/Fax

Service RequestNumber:Mon Feb O3 21129:29 EST 2Ol4

Roger Smith (actor) - \Mkipedia, the free encyclopedia http ://e n.wi ki ped ia. org/wi ki/Roger_S mith_(actor)

Roger Smith (actor)From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Roger LaVerne Smith (born December 18, 1932) is anAmerican television and film actor and screenwriter. He starred inthe television detective series 77 Sunset Sfirp. He is married toactress Ann-Margret.

Contentsr 1 Early lifer 2 Careerr 3 Personal lifer 4 Filmography

r 4.1 Televisiont 4.2Fitm

r 5 Referencesr 6 External links

Early lifeA debonair and handsome leading man in his youth, Smith wasborn in South Gate, California, the son of Dallas and LeoneSmith. When he was six, his parents enrolled him into a stageschool, where he took singing, dancing and elocution lessons.He was educated at the University of Arizona at Tucson on afootball scholarship. He won several amateur talent prizes as asinger and guitarist.

CareerSmith served with the Naval Reserve and was stationed in Hawaii with FAWTUPAC, a flight training unit justoutside of Honolulu. After a chance meeting with the actor James Cagney, he was encouraged to try a careerin Hollywood. (Cagney had also encouraged other young actors, including Don Dubbins, for whom he foundroles in two 1956 films.) He would later play Cagney's son in Man of a Thousand Faces.Smith signed with Columbia Pictures in 1957 and made severalfilms, then moved to Warner Bros. in 1959.

On April 16, 1958, Smith appeared with Charles Bickford in "The Daniel Barrister Story" on NBC's WagonTrain.ln this first season episode, Daniel Barrister, played by BicKord, objects to medical treatment for his wife,Jenny, the victim of a wagon accident. Meanwhile, Dr. Peter H. Culver, played by Smith, has successfullyfought a smallpox epidemic in a nearby town^ He is brought to the wagon train by scout Flint McCullough,portrayed by series regular Robert Horton to treat Mrs. Barrister. Viewers never know if Barrister yielded toallow Dr. Culver to treat Jenny.

His greatest film exposure came with playing the adult nephew Patrick Dennis in Auntie Mame, with RosalindRussell in the title role.

Roger Smith

Smith as Mister Roberts.

Born Roger LaVerne SmithDecember 18,1932

OccupationYears active

Spouse(s)

South Gate, California, U.S.

Actor, screenwritel singer

1956-1977

Victoria Shaw (1 956-'1 965)(divorced) 3 childrenAnn-Margret (1 967-present)

1of 3 9119114,9:03 AM

Roger Smith (actor) - Wikipedia, the free en0yclopedia http ://e n.wiki ped ia. org/wiki/Roger_S mith_(actor)

His signature television role came as Jeff Spencer, a private detectivein the firm of Bailey & Spencer partnered with Stuart Bailey, played byEfrem Zimbalist, Jr. in 77 Sunsef Sfnp. Series costars included EddByrnes and Richard Long.

Smith appeared in seventy-four episodes of this Warner Bros.-produced series but left the popular ABC program in 1962 because ofa blood clot in his brain, He recovered from this injury post-surgery.Several years later his health declined and he was diagnosed withmyasthenia gravis, a neuromuscular disease. His condition went intoremission in 1985. Following his retirement from performing, hemanaged his wife Ann-Margret's career and produced her popular LasVegas stage shows. ln an interview with the NY Post, Ann-Margretstated he had Parkinson's .[1]

Smith appeared very rarely on television once his health deteriorated, but did participate on lhls is Your Lifewhen host Ralph Edwards devoted an episode to Ann-Margret. In addition to the appearances credited below,Smith also has been on several game shows.

Personal lifeSmith married twice. His first wife (1956 to 1965) was Australian-born actress Victoria Shaw, and together theyhad three children: daughterTracey (b. 1957), and sons Jordan (b. 1958) and Dallas (b. 1961). He hasfivegrandchildren: Leone (b. 1981), Alex (1984-2008), Rosalyn (b. 1988), Zach (b. 1990) and Cameron (b. 1995).He has two great grandchildren, twins Axel and Radley (b. 2010). Smith and Shaw divorced in 1965.He has been married to Ann-Margret since May 8, 1967. He became her manager, but is now semi-retiredbecause of myasthenia gravis.

According to cfidarren.com, Smith was a Private Pilot with an instrument rating issued November 30, 1966.

a

II

I

I

T

With wife Victoria Shaw

Filmography

Television

Original Amateur Hour (1948)...as a singer andguitarist with Ted MackDamon Runyon Theater: Hot Oil(1956) .... RichardCelebrity Playhouse: Farth (956)Ford Theatre: Stand by to Dive (1956) .... SkeeLangfordFord Theatre: A Past Remembered (1956) .... JugJensenFord Theatre: Never Lend Money to a Woman (1956).... CarterSheriff of Cochise: "The Kidnapper" (1957) .... JimWest Point: "l\A-24" (1957)The George Sanders Mystery Theater: Round Trip

Film

t Man of a Thousand Faces (1957) ....Creighton Chaney at 21

t Operation Mad Ball(1957) .... Cpl.Berryman

t No Time to Be Young (1957) .... BobMiller

t Crash Landing (1958) .... John Smithbackt Auntie Mame (1958) .... Patrick Dennis

-oldert Never Steal Anything Small(1959) ....

Dan Cabott For Ihose WhoThinkYoung (1964)

(uncredited) .... Detective

2of3 9119114,9:03 AM

Roger Smith (actor) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

(1 e57)Father Knows Besf (1957-1958) .... Doyle HobbsWagon Train: "The Daniel Barrister Story" (1958) ....Dr. Peter CulverSugartoot "Yampa Crossing" (1958) .... Gene Blair77 Sunset Sfnp (1958*1963).... JeffSpencerHawaiian Eye:"lrWed Three Wives" (1960) .... JeffSpencerThe Ford ShoW Staning lennessee Emie Ford(December 22, 1960) .... HimselfSurfslde 6.'"Love Song for a Deadly Redhead" (1962).... Jeff SpencerKraft Suspense Theatre: Knight's Gambit (1964) ....Anthony Griswold KnightMister Robe,rfs (1965 Series) .... Lt. Douglas RobertsHullabaloo (1966)

References'1 . ^ http ://nypost. coml20 1 3/1 010S/ann-margret-dishes-on-sexy-legacyl

Personal life and early life sections verified by daughter Tracey L. Smith,

External linksr Roger S m ith (http ://www. i mdb. com/name/n m080 97 831) at the

lnternet Movie Database

http :l/e n.wi ki ped ia. org/wi ki/Roger_S mith_(actor)

Rogues' Gallery (1 968) .... John RogueSefte uominie un cervel/o (1968) .... Ungiocatore

I

TrI

I

rt

tI

i f \Mkimedia Commons hasi f& media related to Roger Smithi qSf @cto4.!,***-*.***

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roger_Smith_(actor)&oldid=607404642"

Categories: 1932 births ! tiving people $ 20tn-century American male actors i American male film actorsi American male television actors i American television writers ! University of Arizona alumniI People from South Gate, California I Male actors from California f Warner Bros. contract players

r This page was last modified on 6 May 2A14 at23:27.r Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additionalterms may

apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia@ is a registeredtrademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, lnc., a non-profit organization.

3of3 9119114,9:03 AM

f{ational Pe rsonnel Rec ords c ente r fi ftl dinates: 38'41',06"N e0"22',14"wFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The National Personnel Records Center fire of 1973,[1] alsoreferred to as the 1973 National Archives fire was a fire thatoccurred at the United States National Personnel Records Center(NPRC) in Overland, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, on July 12,1973, striking a severe blow to the National Archives and RecordsAdministration of the United States.[1] NPRC, the custodian ofmilitary service records, lost approximately 16-18 million officialmilitary personnel records as a result of the fire.[2]

Contentsr I Background

r 1. 1 National Personnel Records Centert 1.2 Needs analysis and study. 1.3 Design and construction

. 1.3.1 Fire protection. 1.4 Operation

. 2 Fire. 2.1Initial actions. 2.2 Cause

. 3 Affected records. 3.1 Navy and Marine Corps records

r 4 Damage and reconstructionr 5 Notes. 6 References. 7 See alsor 8 External links

Natiornl Persorrel Records Center fire - Wiki@ia, the tree ernyclo@ia

Contlagration underway, 797 3, AerialView of MILPERCEN, NationalArchives (Now Human ResourcesCommand, Fort Knox, KY.)

BackgroundNational Personnel Records Center

The National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) was created in 1956 as the result of a series of mergers ofpredecessor agencies beginning after World War II, including the Demobilized Personnel Records Center(DPRC) and the Military Personnel Records Center (MILPERCEN, pronounced "mil'-per-cen") of thehttp//en.wikipedia.og/wiki/National_Personnel_Records_Center_fire 115

4t&m15 Naliorel Fssorrel Recsds Cer{er fire - Wki@lia, fn tee erpydopedieDepartment of Defense along with the Federal Records Center of the General Services Administration. Infinal form, the NPRC handled the service records of persons in Federal civil service or American militaryservice, overseen by the National Archives and Records Administration of the General ServicesAdministration.Il]

Needs analysis and study

In 1951, the Department of Defense retained the St. Louis firm of Hellmuth, Yamasaki, and Leinweber,architects, to design a new facility for its Demobilized Personnel Records Center. The firm visited severalsimilar operations, including a U.S. Navy records center at Garden City, New York and a Department ofDefense facility in Alexandri4 Virginia. They studied the functions of each facility and the nature of thestorage systems employed. Their report, submitted in February 1952,detai1ed different approaches used toachieve the respective centet's mission. Particularly relevant in light of future events were the findings withregard to fire prevention, detection, and suppression systems. The Naval records center in Garden City,New York, for example, was outfitted with a fuIl fire sprinkler system, while the Department of Defensefacility in Alexandria, Virginia was not.[l]This reflected an ongoing debate at the time among archivists and librarians about the relative merits ofsprinkler systems: Some felt that there was a greater chance for water damage from the activation of one ormors sprinkler heads, whethsr in a fire or accidentally, than the chance of fire damage without sprinklers tosuppress it, while others were of the opposite opinion.[lJ

Design and construction

The architects proceeded with the selected plan for a six-story structure set on a 70 acres (28 ha) site, witheach floor measuring 728 fr, x 282 ft (222 m x 86 m) and encompas sing2}5,296 sq ft (19,A72.6 m2) for atotal of 1,231,776 sq ft (1 14,435.7 *2;. Th" buil'ding was constructed of prestressed concrete floors androof supported by concrete interior columns and surrounded by a curtain wall of aluminum and glass.Construction was completed in 1956 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers at a cost of $12.5million, $108 million in today's dollars, an economical $10.15 per square foot ($1 10.51 per squaremeter).[11

Fire protection

On each of the floors were large spaces for records storage, stetching hundreds of feet and containing nofirewalls or other firestopping to limit the spread of fire. Along the north side of each floor were offices,separated from the records storage area by a concrete block wall. The entire faciltty lacked heat or smokedetectors to automatically detect fire or a fire sprinkler system to automatically extinguish fire.[1]

Operation

When the facility opened in 1956, it housed some 38 million military personnel records. By the time of the1973 fire,their ranks had swelled to over 52 million records. Additionally, 500,000 cu ft (14,000 m3; ofmilitary unit records were added to the collection of the center. The staff of the center as of 1973 consisted

l*S/len.wi ki @a.org/wi ki/N atioral_Persornd*Recor&*C erfr a;i re a8

{?0i2015 Ndiofld Personrd Records Cenls fre- Wki@ia, tefteeercyclo@iaof more than2,2A0 personnel, including GSA management and staffas well as military and civilianpsrsonnel from the Army, Navy Air Force, Marines, the Army Reserve, the FBI, and others.[l]

Fire

Initial actions

At 12:16:15 AM on July 12,1973, the Olivette Fire Department reported to their dispatcher that the NPRCbuilding was on fire. At 12:16:35,20 seconds later, a building security guard picked up the fire phone andrelayed &e report of a passing motorcyclist who also observed the fire. By l2 t7:25,the first fire truckswere dispatched, three pumpers and two other emergency vehicles from the Community Fire ProtectionDistrict had been dispatched, arriving at 12.2A35. 42 fire districts eventually contributed to the effort to putout the fire.

Ultimately, the fire burned out of control for 22 hours, being fought from the exterior of the buildingbecause heat and smoke within compelled fluefighters to withdraw at 03:15:00. Insufficient water pressureplagued efforts and a pumper broke down mechanically in its 40th continuous hcur of operation. Crewsentered the building again on July 14 while the fire continued to smolder for another two days. The fire wasdeclared out on the moming of July 16 but crews continued using spray to suppress rekindling until the endof the month.

Cause

The exact cause of the fire was never fully determined. An investigation in 1975 suggested embers ofcigarettes, which were pre$ent in several trash cans as a possible cause, and at least one local newspaperreported that an employee had started the fire by smoking in the records area. Such reports were neverconfirmed, however, and to this day the cause of the fire remains a mystery.

Affected recordsThe losses to Federal military records collection included:

r 80% loss to records of U.S. Army personnel discharged November 1,lglz,to January 1, 1960t21: 75Yo loss to records of U.S. Air Force personnel discharged September 25,1947,to January 1,1964,

with names alphabetically after Hubbard, James E.[2]r Some U.S. Army Reserve personnel who performed their initial active duty for training in the late

1950s btfr who received final discharge as late as 1954.

None of the records that were destroyed in the fire had duplicate copies made, nor had they been copied tomicrofilm. No index of these records was made prior to the fire, and millions of records were on loan to theVeterans Administration at the time of the fire. This made it difficult to precisely determine which recordswere lost.[2]

Navy and Marine Corps reco

ItFl/en.wi kiped a.org/wikilNational_Fersryrwl_Recor&_Certer_fi re ?5

4lffi?015 Natiorel Perssrd Recw& Cenhr tre - WiHpeda, tre tee encyclopediaOn the morning ofthe National Archives Fire, avery small number of U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, and MarineCorps records were out of their normal file area being worked on as active requests by employees of theNational Archives and Records Administration who maintained their offices on the 6th floor of thebuilding. When the NPRC fire began, these Navy and Marine Corps records were caught in the section ofthe building which experienced the most damage in the fire,

The exact number ofNavy and Marine Corps records destroyed in the fre is unknown, since such recordswere being removed only for a few days while information was retrieved from the record and were notnormally stored in the area of the building which experienced the flre. Estimates indicate that the number ofaffected records was no more than two to three dozen. Such records are considered "special cases", and noaccounting could be made of which records were affected, so the present policy of NPRC is to state thatthere were no Navy and Marine Corps records destroyed in the fire and to treat these records as records thathad been lost in ordinary circurnstances.

The destroyed sixth floor of the NPRC also housed a security vault which contained high profile andnotable records of U.S. Navy and Marine Corps personnel. Known as the "Sixth Floor Vaultn, confirmeddestroyed records included the Navy file of Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou as well as the recordof Adolf Hitle/s nephew William Patrick Hitler. The sixth floor security vault also held all the records ofcurrent NPRC employees who had their own Navy and Marine Corps records retired at the agency.

Damage and reconstructionThe 1973 fire destroyed the entire 6th floor of the National Personnel Records Center and greatly affectedthe 5th floor wrth water damage. Signs of the fire can still be seen today. A massive effort to restoredestroyed service records began in l974.In most cases where a military record has been presumeddestroyed, NPRC is able to reconstruct basic service information, such as military date of entry, date ofdischarge, character ofservice, and final rank.

Notes

1. Stender, Walter W.; Evans Walker (October L974).'The National Personnel Records Center Fire: A Study inDisaster" (http:l/www.archives.gov/st-louis/military-porsonnellnprc-fire.pdf) (pDF). The American Archivist(Society of American Archivists) 37 (4). Retrieved 2009-01-3 I .'The 1973 Fire at the National Personnel Records Center (St. Louis, MO)" (http:l/www.archives.gov/st-louis/military-personnel/fir+1973.htm1). Archives.grv. College Parh Maryland: National Personnel RecordsCenter, National fuchives and Records Administration. 2007-06-19. Retrieved 2009-01-31.

References

Case Reference Guide (CRG) of the Military Personnel Records CenteruThe 1973 Fire" - Public information pamphlet published by the National Personnel Records Center"How to obtain Veteran Records" - Instruction sheet from the office of Senator Ted Kennedy whichmentions the 1973 fire

I

I

I

Ittp/len.wi ki ped a. orgnili kiN ati orEl_Personnel_Recor6_Cs{er_fi re 4t5

4t2w2015

See alsoNational Personnel Records Center fire - Wikipedia, the tee encyclopedia

. 1836 U.S. Patent Office fire

. 1877 U.S. Patent Office fire

External linksr National Archives 1973 NPRC Fire Information Page (http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/military-

personnel/fire- 1 973.html)r An essay regarding the 19'13 NPRC Fire (http:i/www.archives.gov/st-louis/military-personnel/nprc-

fire.pdf)'

ww2enlistment.org - salvaged records archive (http:iiwww.ww2enlistment.org)

Retrieved from " hff p : i/en. wikipedia. org/w/index. php?title:National_Personnel_Records_Center fire&oldid=6447 45 183.

Categories: National Archives and Records Administration 1973 fires 1973 in MissouriBuilding fires in the United States Fires in Missouri History of St. Louis County, Missouri19'73 rnthl Umted States

. This page was last modified on 29 lanuary 2015, at20.32.r Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may

apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia@ is aregistered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.

lftpl/en.wi ki @i a.org/wiki/N ati onal_Personrd_R ecords_C enter_fi re g5

@hr fufitt$ton filortln the Loop

Want the cell number of the new head of the VA?(Update: Sometimes he'll answer!)By Emily Wax-Thibodeaux September 8, 2014

(This post has beenupdated.)

Trying to reach the head of the Department of Veterans Affairs? No problem. In the Loop is a full-serviceorganization.

New Seoetary Robert McDonald's cellphone number is: (S$) Sog-B+S+.And, whatever, you do, call him Bob. NotRobert, not Bobby. Just Bob.

We asked him for the number at a press conference Monday, and, with cameras rolling, he gave it out to the Bomedia folks. Unusual if not unprecedented in a town where government PR employees vet all calls and requests forinterviews, oftenthrough a slow-moving process that cantake weels- if they are ever returned at all.

"Call me Bob," he said, drawing a pyramid on the back of a placard whidr stated his reform plan and put veterans atthe top and himself at the bottom. "fm Bob. We want an organization where everyone is called by the first name."

At his first press conference since touring Va facilities across the country, the former CEO of Procter & Gamblerecalled several times whenhe handed out his cellphone mrmber to Senate and House committee members. He alsogave it to a veteran he'd met on a plane who said his daugtrter, also a veteran and a medical student, had declaredthat she would not work at the VAbecause of its flrment problems.

"I got her number and called her three times, and I thinkwe are on the way to visiting her school," McDonald said."And Igave her mine."

We tried the ntrmber, but got sent to voice mail. Well, just keep trying.

But Brett Mills, President of CareNet,Inc. inAnchorage, Alaska, wrote Wax-Thibodeaux, shortlyafter her postMonday afternoon on the In The loop blog to thank her for giving out McDonald's cell.

"We used to subcontract homecare services for veterans for the VAo" he wrote, but "we stopped last year because the

VA doesnt like to pay its bills."

Mills said he's tried to reach "Bob" before as well as his predecessors with no results. "We have been chasing thisdebt aroundsince springof zore. No accountability."

"Well, 'Bob' answered his phone!" he wrote, and heard a "brief srurrmary of our problem with the VA, and seemed tolisten. I am sending him information regarding our situation. Thankyou for an outstanding and helpfirl piece."

Uke we said, full service.

Emily Wax-Thibodeaux is a National staff writer who covers veterans, veterans' affairs andthe culture of government. She's an award-winning former foreign correspondent whocovered Africa and lndia for nearly a decade. She also covered immigration, crime andeducation for the Metro staff.