I am posting the following because I posted the original Chapman list
message on the Morgan Co site. Just working my way backwards out of the
swamp. Bev
From: NealByrge(a)aol.com
Date: September 24, 2004 10:12:56 AM EDT
To: TNMORGAN-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Rumor hinders NPRC ability to perform job
Release No. 09-16-04
Sept. 23, 2004 Rumor hinders NPRC ability to perform job
A false rumor circulating on the Internet, in e-mails, and among veteran
service organizations is causing problems at the National Personnel
Records Center
(NPRC) where military records are stored.The rumor that Official
Military
Personnel Files at the NPRC will be digitized and then destroyed is
simply not
true. Every minute taken to squelch a rumor is a minute taken away
from the
primary job. Neither the Department of Defense nor the NPRC intend to
destroy
any official files stored at the Center, according to officials of the
National
Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the agency under which NPRC
falls. The purpose of any electronic scanning would be to help
preserve the
originals and increase efficiency in handling reference requests. NARA
preserves and
protects records that were transferred from the military service
departments
because they are permanently valuable records that document the
essential
evidence of military service for the veterans of our nation. NPRC
stores and
services official records for retired, discharged, or deceased military
personnel.
NPRC responds to approximately 4,000 requests pertaining to military
records
each day, totaling more than 1 million requests each year. Many of
those
requests are for Separation Documents (usually DD Form 214) and the
Center answers
the majority of those inquiries in 10 days or less. Officials point
out that
requests resulting from this false rumor will have a negative impact on
NPRC's
ability to respond to requests from veterans with real immediate needs,
such
as medical treatment, employment, retirement, etc.
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