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The National Personnel Records Center fire of 1973, [ 1] also known as the 1973 National Archives fire, was a fire that occurred at the Military Personnel Records Center (MPRC) in the St. Louis suburb of Overland, Missouri, from July 12–16, 1973. The fire destroyed some 16 million to 18 million official U.S. military personnel records.
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 National Personnel Records Center fire was a catastrophic fire at the records building in St. Louis that burned for more than four days in July 1973 and ultimately destroyed 16 to 18 million Official Military Personnel Files (OMPF). [12]
Fifty years ago, millions of veterans' official files were destroyed in a huge fire at the Military Personnel Records Center in suburban St. Louis. The July 12, 1973, fire consumed an estimated 16 ...
The National Personnel Records Center fire of 1973 destroyed about 80% of the military personnel records held at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, MO. [283] The Provo Tabernacle (NRHP) was destroyed in a fire on 17 December 2010. [284] It was subsequently rebuilt as the Provo City Center Temple, dedicated in 2016. [285]
16 September – In the second of three friendly fire incidents during the Laconia incident, a U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator receuved orders to attack the German submarine U-156 during the mass rescue of Laconia′s siurvivors, despite the pilot having earlier received a signal conveyed by a Royal Air Force officer from U-156 that ...
September 14, 2012- 1 C-130 Hercules and 8 USMC AV-8B Harrier II aircraft were destroyed by Taliban insurgents during The attack on Camp Bastion. This became the worst U.S. aircraft loss in 1 day since the Vietnam War. Two Marines from the VMA-211 were killed in the attack.
In U.S. Army terms, rows of once spectacular homes that have graced historic Fort Leavenworth for more than 100 years stand in defeat. Like downtrodden troops, grand houses of red brick or yellow ...