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| '''Paul Bellamy''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/Paul Bellamy.jpg' /></div><br/>7/11/2007 6:20:42 PM 
| Is there any way to get the captions for the photos from the NA?<br/> <br/> For example, the caption for photo 65425A is as follows:<br/> "Lt. Kovach and crew of the 401st Bomb Group, in front of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Hard Seventeen" at an 8th Air Force base in England, 23...." (sorry, that's where my record is cut off.)<br/> <br/> We have the photos, we have the neg. numbers, is there any way to get the captions and add them to the appropriate photo's page at all?<br/> It would be a great asset I feel.<br/> <br/> Best wishes to all, <br/><br/>Paul Bellamy<br/> <img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/resource1.png' /><br/> 
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| '''donaldbyers''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/donaldbyers.jpg' /></div><br/>7/14/2007 8:49:29 AM 
| Paul,<br/> <br/> When I received the paper copy of the Carrie B II the caption was on the backside of the photo when I got the actual picture it was not there.  So the National Archives do have it.  Am unsure what it would take to get this info on all pictues from them.<br/> <br/> Don Byers <br/><br/>Sgt. Donald C. Byers, 613th Bomb Squadron, Togglier, 42-97344 Carrie B II, KIA 08/24/1944.<br/> 
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| '''Win''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/NoAvatar.gif' /></div><br/>7/23/2007 5:24:22 PM 
| 1. E-mail [mailto:'stillpix@nara.gov|'stillpix@nara.gov]' requesting captions, and list your photos' NARA ID numbers - like your example '65425A'. They'll either send the captions to you, or reply how to get them (if things have changed).  In the past when I requested captions for about 20+/- NARA photos, they mailed photocopy pages (with about 8-10 captions/page), at no-cost.<br/> <br/> 2. FYI, there are 2-systems of NARA photo ID numbers.  As example, there's a 401BG Combat Mess photo showing the Officers' dining area.  Its<br/> NARA ID numbers are:<br/> - - '65512 AC' its original USAAF ID number, and<br/> - - '3A-12951' its 'laserdisc' number assigned when on-loan to the NASM, (now back in the NARA).  In this example, the photo is image #12951 on 'laserdisc #3A'. <br/> <br/> Hope this helps. <br/><br/><br/> 
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