Records relating to personal participation in World War II : American military casualties and burials

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Physical Description: print
v, 61 pages ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Washington, DC : National Archives and Records Administration, 1993.

General Note:	Shipping list no.: 94-0057-P.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Preface -- Introduction: Scope and content of this paper -- Military casualty reporting systems in World War II -- U.S. Army casualty systems and reporting (Casualty reports and notification telegrams -- Letters of condolence and progress -- Messages of cheer -- "Missing Air Crew Reports" and follow-up letters -- Status determination) -- U.S. Navy and Marine Corps casualty accounting and inter-service cooperation -- Distribution of casualty status outside the Casualty Branch -- Part 1: Textual records relating to casualties and burials -- Part 2: Audiovisual records relating to casualties and burials (Motion pictures -- Donated historical materials -- Still pictures) -- Appendix: Casualty statistics (U.S. Army casualties -- U.S. Navy and Marine Corps casualties) -- Index.