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These records, by their all-inclusive nature, also tend to illuminate previously ‘invisible’ populations, such as the men and women who served in less dramatic but critically important jobs providing bullets, bandages, and beans to the front line soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines. -Alexander Barnes, Command Historian at the Virginia National Guard
WWII Army Separation NoticesAbout WWII Army Separation Notices
The World War II Separation Notices Collection documents demographics, civilian life, and military service history for more than 250,000 men and women from across the Virginia. After leaving the U.S. military, individuals received official documentation noting separation from their branch of service. The original separation notices were kept on file at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri. A fire at the center on July 12, 1973, however, destroyed approximately 16 to 18 million personnel files, including those that documented service in World War II. Thankfully, Virginia’s employment commission copies of these forms had been transferred to the Library of Virginia in 1950, alleviating some of the record-loss distress caused by the St. Louis fire.
The Army used 11 different separation notice forms throughout World War II. To be able to fully index these documents, we need to sort the Army Separation Qualification Forms from the Reports of Separation. Help categorize the Army Separation Notices to accurately gather all the information!