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Veteran's Name	Age	Record Type
Sidney Bert Lusignan1	55	Draft registration card
George L Buhler2	24	Honorable discharge certificate
George L Buhler3	24	Enlisted Record and Report of Separation
George L Buhler4	24	Memorandum_490th_AFA_Battalion
George L Buhler5	88	WWII Veteran Interview
George L Buhler6	89	Ghost Writer Narrative

Notes:

1. Sidney Bert Lusignan registration card, United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-61V9-VJG?cc=1861144&wc=SPWZ-168%3A189236701 : 8 April 2016),
004436546 > image 458 of 1834. Citing NARA microfilm publications M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Downloaded 7 Jul 2020.

2. George L Buhler, Honorable Discharge Certificate, Army of the United States, 19 Nov 1945. Scanned by George L Buhler Jr from a copy obtained from the National Archives eVetRecs service at https://vetrecs.archives.gov/s/, 5 Sep 2009.

3. George L Buhler, Enlisted Record and Report of Separation, Army of the United States, 19 Nov 1945. Scanned by George L Buhler Jr from a copy obtained from the National Archives eVetRecs service at https://vetrecs.archives.gov/s/, 5 Sep 2009.

4. Harold E Davitt Jr, Lt Col FA, Commanding, Memorandum, Headquarters 490th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 17 May 1945. This is the copy from George L Buhler's papers, now in possession of Bruce G Buhler.

5. WWII Veteran Interview, George L Buhler completed this questionnaire in his Mandeville, Louisiana home on 24 July 2009. Interview questions were adapted from the Library of Congress Veterans History Project at https://www.loc.gov/programs/veterans-history-project/about-this-program/.

6. This narrative was written by one of George L Buhler’s grandsons for a high school English assignment. It is based on his WWII Veterans Interview.
 

updated 13 June 2026