A few years ago, when trying to get my father in law into the (state-run, not VA) veteran's home, we had to have records of his service. I was surprised that he

A few years ago, when trying to get my father in law into the (state-run, not VA) veteran's home, we had to have records of his service. I was surprised that he had kept and that I could still find in his house all of the original paperwork from when he was discharged in 1954. That made everything much easier than it might otherwise have been. A lesson for me on keeping ones own data.