[TonyM]

At the time he got out of the military, service records, including service medical records, we transferred to National Personel Records Center in St. Louis MO. Each branch of the service maintains their records archived there. They stay there unless the veteran submits a claim for compensation to the Dept of veterans Affairs. They then send the medical records to the VA and send copies of portions of the personnel records as requested by the VA. I doubt Kerry has such a claim so his records should be there, and probably in special storage for sensitive files.

[TonyM]

I'm still afraid of how it would go over if the Bush adminstration pushed for the release of Kerry's records. I wish a veteran's group of some sort would push for it instead of anyone in the adminstration.