Here is a old picture of my dads ship the liberty on the Atlantic in 1945 my dads name was Alfred D Holton. He was a gunner on the ship do you have any information on him and this ship. My dad died in 1999 but here is the picture he gave me of his ship thank you Arlene bullock please e-mail me back if you can. He left behind 19 children ( yes all of his and moms) she died in 1991.
Arlene,
The picture is too old to be able to get her name, there were 2,751 Liberty Ships built, and almost 145,000 served in the Armed Guard section in WW2, they provided the Gunners, the Signalmen etc. in Merchant Ships, including the Liberty ships.
Do you have any record of the name of your Dad's ship.
If I have that I can get details of her building etc, there are details available of both deaths and casualities from the Armed Guard , but your Dad's name did not bring up any entry.
See these entries of where to write for medal and personnel records:
Application for Records of Medals and Decorations Earned
Written request identifying the mariner and your relationship to:
Patricia Thomas, Medals and Decorations
U.S. Maritime Administration, Room 7302
Department of Transportation
Washington, DC 20590
Service Records of Navy Armed Guard or other Military
To order military documents from World War I and later, complete Standard Form 180, Request Pertaining to Military Records. You can find instructions and download the form at:
http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/military-personnel/public/general-public.html
This form can be obtained from the National Personnel Records Center, 9700 Page Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63132, any National Archives Regional Archives, and veterans organizations or military installations.
The veteran or his immediate next-of-kin may be able to receive a duplicate of the DD214 via the Internet.
Sorry Arlene but that is the best I can do with the available information.
Regards,
Mackenzie Gregory.
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