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5 takeaways from AP s reporting on a historic fire that destroyed millions of veterans records

Fifty years ago, millions of files were destroyed in a huge fire at the Military Personnel Records Center in suburban St. Louis. The July 12, 1973, blaze consumed an estimated

5 takeaways from AP s reporting on a historic fire that destroyed millions of veterans records

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 to 18 million personnel files, the vast majority covering the period just before World War I through 1963. The loss of records has forced veterans and their families to fight for benefits, medals and recognition they’d earned.

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