New Web Site Offers Vietnam War Records

WASHINGTON - The National Archives is joining with a Web site to make historical records of tens of thousands of deceased Vietnam War veterans available electronically for the first time.The interactive site — http://www.footnote.com — is a Web re-creation of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the National Mall. The site allows access to thousands of pages of casualty records and agency photos. People can search by name, hometown, birthdate, tour date, or dozens of other categories.Such information now is typically found only at National Archives locations, including the headquarters in College Park, Md., and by poring through files organized by topic. That makes searches a hit-or-miss proposition with long odds of finding relevant information, the agency said.Hundreds of veterans visit the central research room each year “to examine the documents that may enable them to establish their rights, and, just as with the wall, to honor, remember and appreciate,” said Allen Weinstein, archivist of the United States. “And historians increasingly turn to these essential records to explain the significance of the Vietnam conflict in American history.”The site will help “provide ever-greater access to our critical holdings on this subject,” he said.

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