When I got out in 1973, I was told to take my DD-214 to the local County Clerk and have it "Registered."
They would keep it secure, and always have copies for me when I needed them.
So today, I called the county clerks office in South Bend, Indiana.
I got run around through four different phone calls, then I finally get a "Veterans Rep" who says he can take care of it.
He calls me an hour later, and tells me it isn't registered.....and he could find no record of it.
I told him, "Bullshit, I called you guy's back in 1978 and got a copy I needed for a Mortgage application."
He gave me some bullshit about how they went to "computer records...yadda...yadda.
He was a clown.....and obviously the county clerks office has a few more clowns.
So please take my advice......
Keep your DD-214...and don't ever hand it over to anyone!
Lock that ****er up in a safe deposit box.....and never trust it with anyone else!
Now I have to go through a bunch of waits and delays with the National Personnel Records Center in St Louis.
I hope they did better than than those idiots in South Bend!
They would keep it secure, and always have copies for me when I needed them.
So today, I called the county clerks office in South Bend, Indiana.
I got run around through four different phone calls, then I finally get a "Veterans Rep" who says he can take care of it.
He calls me an hour later, and tells me it isn't registered.....and he could find no record of it.
I told him, "Bullshit, I called you guy's back in 1978 and got a copy I needed for a Mortgage application."
He gave me some bullshit about how they went to "computer records...yadda...yadda.
He was a clown.....and obviously the county clerks office has a few more clowns.
So please take my advice......
Keep your DD-214...and don't ever hand it over to anyone!
Lock that ****er up in a safe deposit box.....and never trust it with anyone else!
Now I have to go through a bunch of waits and delays with the National Personnel Records Center in St Louis.
I hope they did better than than those idiots in South Bend!