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Ancestry.com has announced the launch of the largest collection of U.S. military records available online and is offering it free to access through June 6, 2007 (D-Day). This collection contains over 700 databases and titles and over 37 million images of original documents.

Revolutionary War (1775 – 1783)
This collection contains almost 2 million names and more than 20,000 images from the Revolutionary War from state militia records to war service records to officer listings.

Civil War (1861 – 1865)
The largest online collection of American Civil War military records, spanning 1860-1865 features more than 18 million names, both Union and Confederate, from service records, pension files to photographs and more.

World War I (1917 – 1918)
The largest online collection of WWI military records, with a complete index and image collection of more than 24 million WWI draft registration cards. Spanning from 1914 to roughly 1930, the WWI Collection includes more than 40 million names from all existing U.S. states.

World War II (1941 – 1945)
The largest online collection of WWII military records with more than 15 million names and 11 million images from documents created during and around WWII, roughly 1936-1946. Although the majority of WWII records are not publicly available, Ancestry.com has gathered together enlistment records, draft registration cards, POW records and more.

Other Conflicts
This collection contains more than 200,000 Vietnam and 150,000 Korean War records, along with over 650,000 War of 1812 and 80,000 Spanish-American War records.

For more on the U.S. Military Collection visit Ancestry.com

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