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Military Intelligence in WWII

Jen R

My grandfather was in Army Military Intelligence during WWII. I've tried to get his official records in the past but they were unable to locate them. His name was William F. Herlihy, b 1916 in Massachusetts. He was an officer in the MIS-X G-2, served in the Pacific and worked at Fort Hunt in VA.  He said there were only 15 men in his unit. He specialized in Escape and Evasion. He was on the first plane to land in Japan after the second bomb was dropped and he assisted freeing the POWs. I interviewed him for the Veterans Oral History project at the Library of Congress but he was quite old and was unable to give me a lot of details. I'd love to know more about what he did and see his service record.

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    Thank you for posting your question on History Hub!

    For information related directly to William F. Herlihy and his military service we suggest that you request a copy of his Official Military Personnel File (OMPF). OMPFs and individual medical reports for individuals who served with the U.S. Army who were separated from the service after October 1912 and before 1960 are in the custody of NARA's National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis. In many cases where personnel records were destroyed in the 1973 fire, proof of service can be provided from other records such as morning reports, payrolls, and military orders, and a certificate of military service will be issued. Please complete a GSA Standard Form 180 and mail it to NARA's National Personnel Records Center, (Military Personnel Records), 1 Archives Drive, St. Louis, MO 63138-1002. Veterans and next of kin of deceased veterans also may use eVetRecs to request records. See eVetRecs Help for instructions. If there is any information requested by the form that you do not know, you may omit it or provide estimates (such as for dates), but the more information you provide, the easier it will be to locate the correct file if it survived the fire. For more information see Official Military Personnel Files (OMPF), Archival Records Requests. 

    Archival OMPFs may also be requested by visiting the Archival Research Room at the National Archives at St. Louis. Please see the linked web pages for more information.  Please email stlarr.archives@nara.gov for further assistance prior to making an appointment. 

    The Textual Reference Archives II Branch (RR2RR) at the National Archives in College Park, MD has custody of the following series that may be of interest for your research related to Fort Hunt. 


    Record Group 165 Entry P 179-A - Interrogation Reports and Correspondence, 1942–1946
    Record Group 389 Entry A1 434-A - Unclassified Decimal Files, 1941–1954
    If you are able to identify the specific unit(s) that William F. Herlihy served with as well as which camps he may have worked at freeing prisoners of war please let us know as this may help us to identify additional records related to your research. The majority of records in our custody are not name searchable. 

    We invite you to continue the conversation with community members on History Hub, but should you have follow up questions for the staff at Archives II, please email us at archives2reference@nara.gov so that we can assist you further. 

    We hope this assists you with your research! 

    Sincerely,

    Textual Reference Archives II Branch (RR2RR)

    [RR2RR 25-10509-SZ]

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    Thank you for posting your question on History Hub!

    For information related directly to William F. Herlihy and his military service we suggest that you request a copy of his Official Military Personnel File (OMPF). OMPFs and individual medical reports for individuals who served with the U.S. Army who were separated from the service after October 1912 and before 1960 are in the custody of NARA's National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis. In many cases where personnel records were destroyed in the 1973 fire, proof of service can be provided from other records such as morning reports, payrolls, and military orders, and a certificate of military service will be issued. Please complete a GSA Standard Form 180 and mail it to NARA's National Personnel Records Center, (Military Personnel Records), 1 Archives Drive, St. Louis, MO 63138-1002. Veterans and next of kin of deceased veterans also may use eVetRecs to request records. See eVetRecs Help for instructions. If there is any information requested by the form that you do not know, you may omit it or provide estimates (such as for dates), but the more information you provide, the easier it will be to locate the correct file if it survived the fire. For more information see Official Military Personnel Files (OMPF), Archival Records Requests. 

    Archival OMPFs may also be requested by visiting the Archival Research Room at the National Archives at St. Louis. Please see the linked web pages for more information.  Please email stlarr.archives@nara.gov for further assistance prior to making an appointment. 

    The Textual Reference Archives II Branch (RR2RR) at the National Archives in College Park, MD has custody of the following series that may be of interest for your research related to Fort Hunt. 


    Record Group 165 Entry P 179-A - Interrogation Reports and Correspondence, 1942–1946
    Record Group 389 Entry A1 434-A - Unclassified Decimal Files, 1941–1954
    If you are able to identify the specific unit(s) that William F. Herlihy served with as well as which camps he may have worked at freeing prisoners of war please let us know as this may help us to identify additional records related to your research. The majority of records in our custody are not name searchable. 

    We invite you to continue the conversation with community members on History Hub, but should you have follow up questions for the staff at Archives II, please email us at archives2reference@nara.gov so that we can assist you further. 

    We hope this assists you with your research! 

    Sincerely,

    Textual Reference Archives II Branch (RR2RR)

    [RR2RR 25-10509-SZ]

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