Pension files for US military personnel prior to World War I, are housed at the National Archives Records Administration in Washington, DC. If you had an ancestor who served his country in the American Revolution, the Indian Wars, the Mexican War, the Civil War, or the Spanish-American War, he might have received a government pension. If your ancestor did not apply, his widow, dependent children, or dependent parents might have applied for and received his pension. This is especially true for Civil War veterans.
This webpage is in honor of:
my grandfather
~JAMES E. MINOR, Kirksville, Missouri~
Sgt. United States Army - WW1
my father
~WILLIAM T. MINOR, Kirksville, Missouri~
POW - 2nd Lieutenant - United States Army Air Corps - WWII
Gremlin's Roost B24 #42-7512
The aircraft belonged to the 445th
Bomb Group/703rd Squadron
which was under the command of James (Jimmy) Stewart.
My dad, W.T. Minor (co-pilot) P.O.W.
and my nephew
who served in Desert Storm and Iraq
~ William T. (Bill) MINOR ~
United States Army Reserves