The apocalyptic scene is still burned into Mike Buttery’s memory 50 years later: Black smoke billowing from the top floor of the Military Personnel Records Center; bits of paper wafting through the ...

The apocalyptic scene is still burned into Mike Buttery’s memory 50 years later: Black smoke billowing from the top floor of the Military Personnel Records Center; bits of paper wafting through the ...

A 96-year-old Army and Air Force veteran, Earl Wisener, is fighting the VA after officials denied most of his compensation ...

Q: I served in the army during the Vietnam era and have a copy of my DD214 to prove it! Over the years, I have heard many times from others claiming to be veterans, that they are unable to get a copy ...

A 1973 fire at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri, damaged nearly 18 million military personnel records. (National Archives) Frequent mistakes by veterans benefits staffers ...

Fifty years ago, millions of files were destroyed in a huge fire at the Military Personnel Records Center in suburban St. Louis. The July 12, 1973, blaze consumed an estimated 16 to 18 million ...

A backlog of hundreds of thousands of requests for veterans records from the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis that was caused by limiting in-person work during the COVID-19 pandemic has ...

Top Democrats in Washington are calling for investigations after a branch of the National Archives released New Jersey Rep. Mikie Sherill’s unredacted military record, including her Social Security ...

In this photo provided by the National Archives and Records Administration, records from the sixth floor of the Military Personnel Records Center in Overland, Mo., near St. Louis, are recovered months ...

The apocalyptic scene is still burned into Mike Buttery’s memory 50 years later: Black smoke billowing from the top floor of the Military Personnel Records Center; bits of paper wafting through the ...