I was at the fire........It burned for days..........the whole of 2 floors
of the building. I had a friend that worked there and he said it was
terrible housekeeping, records stacked up everywhere..packed into a
confined space.
After the fire, the government in all its infinite wisdom, hired
firefighters to patrol with on site security guards to keep a "fire watch"
on for 24 hours a day...this went on for years..........
Hell...they may still be doing it,,,,,,
Jon
>For all hands: In response to posting on duplicates of burned mil records
>having been found that were destroyed in fire in St Louis - Have gotten
>confirmation from referenced source, American Legion magazine, that they did
>not in fact publish anything about duplicates of the burned records lost in
>St Louis fire. Records are still lost/destroyed.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Public Relations [mailto:pr@legion.org]
>Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 7:36 AM
>To: 'RayfieldRS@hqda.army.mil'
>Subject: FW: [MV] Burned Records found
>
>Dear Maj. Rayfield:
>
>Several members of The American Legion National Headquarters staff were at
>the NPRC in St. Louis a little over a week ago. No one then knew of any
>recovered backup documents.
>
>Rest assured the NPRC staff will look into this. If it's more than a rumor,
>then expect to see an update in The American Legion Magazine and the VA&R
>Bulletin, both of which are posted on the Web site, < www.legion.org
><http://www.legion.org> >.
>
>The American Legion
>Washington Office
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