/tags/national-personnel-records-center National Personnel Records Center en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Wed, 31 Jan 2024 11:00:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2024-01-31/national-veterans-record-center-in-st-louis-county-is-clearing-massive-backlog After the pandemic, the backlog grew to 600,000 requests, leaving veterans waiting for needed services. Last week, the National Personnel Records Center based in St. Louis County reported it’s nearly caught up. Wed, 31 Jan 2024 11:00:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2024-01-31/national-veterans-record-center-in-st-louis-county-is-clearing-massive-backlog Will Bauer /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-11-10/in-1973-a-fire-in-st-louis-changed-american-history-by-destroying-it No one knows how the fire started. It burned 16-18 million military records. Fri, 10 Nov 2023 17:30:00 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-11-10/in-1973-a-fire-in-st-louis-changed-american-history-by-destroying-it Danny Wicentowski /government-politics-issues/2016-11-10/archivists-still-piecing-together-veterans-records-damaged-by-1973-fire-in-st-louis Archivist Marta O’Neill was standing inside a warehouse-sized storage bay at the cavernous National Personnel Records Center, just off interstate 270 in… Fri, 11 Nov 2016 03:29:27 GMT /government-politics-issues/2016-11-10/archivists-still-piecing-together-veterans-records-damaged-by-1973-fire-in-st-louis Mary Delach Leonard /arts/2012-01-01/lazarus-archive-st-louis-facility-restores-burned-or-otherwise-damaged-records This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 1, 2012 - Blackened by fire, browned by heat and yellowed by age, much of what sits in the box… Mon, 02 Jan 2012 01:34:40 GMT /arts/2012-01-01/lazarus-archive-st-louis-facility-restores-burned-or-otherwise-damaged-records David Baugher