506th Airborne Infantry

Regiment Association

acCESSING MILITARY RECORDS


Unit rosters, 1917-present, Regular Army:

National Personnel Records Center

Military Personnel Records

9700 Page Avenue

St. Louis, MO 63132-5100



Morning reports, 1917-1974:

National Personnel Records Center

Military Personnel Records

9700 Page Avenue

St. Louis, MO 63132-5100

NOTE: in 1974 the Army discontinued the use of morning reports and switched to PDC cards. PDC cards are also in the custody of the NPRC.



Unit operational records, 1939-1954:

Archives II Textual Reference Branch

National Archives and Records Administration

8601 Adelphi Road

College Park, MD 20740-6001

301-713-7250



Unit operational records 1954-present:

Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts Office
SAIS-IDP-F/P, Suite 201
1725 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, VA 22202-4102

703-607-3377; DSN 327-3377



Awards to individuals no longer in the service:

U.S. Army Reserve Personnel Center

Veterans Services Directorate

9700 Page Avenue

St. Louis, MO 63132-5200

NOTE: individual must submit request with name, social security number and/or service number, and return address.



Awards to individuals still on active duty:

Military Awards Branch

Hoffman Building II

200 Stovall Street

Alexandria, VA 22332-0400

703-325-8699; DSN 221-8699



Unit rosters, 1917-present, Army Reserve:

For soldier himself:

Army Reserve Personnel Center

ATTN: ARPC-SFR-SSD

9700 Page Avenue

St. Louis, MO 63132-5200

For the public, request must be submitted under the Freedom of Information Act:

U.S. Army Reserve Personnel Center

ATTN: ARPC-IMP-F (FOIA)

9700 Page Avenue

St. Louis, MO 63123-5200



Unofficial materials, i.e. unit histories, personal papers, diaries, photos:

U.S. Army Military History Institute

Carlisle Barracks PA 17013-5008

717-245-3611; DSN 242-3611



Official photographs pertaining to the U.S. Army, 1861-1988:

Still Picture Branch

Special Archives Division

National Archives and Records Administration

8601 Adelphi Road

College Park, MD 20740-6001

301-713-6660



Motion pictures, 1898 to the present:

Motion Picture, Sound & Video Branch

Special Archives Division

National Archives and Records Administration

8601 Adelphi Road

College Park, MD 20740-6001

301-713-7060



Information pertaining to unit Lineages and Honors:

Organizational History Branch

U.S. Army Center of Military History

1099 14th Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20005-3402

202-761-5413; DSN 763-5413



Information about flags, colors, streamers, guidons, insignia, uniforms:

U.S. Army Institute of Heraldry

9235 Gunston Road, Room S-112

Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-5579

703-806-4968/4969; DSN 656-4968/4969



Organizational History Files, 1980-present:

Organizational History Branch

U.S. Army Center of Military History

1099 14th Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20005-3402

202-761-5413; DSN 763-5413



Official US Army publications:

U.S. Army Publications Center

2800 Eastern Boulevard

Baltimore, MD 21220-2896

410-671-2272; DSN 584-2272



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