The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-02-12
FEBRUARY IL. l948-
VET TO ANSWER
2OQUESTIONS
TOCET BONUS
Director Asks CTS
Get Original Discharge
Papers in Shape Now

All living veterans who apply
for the Ohio bonus will be re-
quired to answer 20 questions,
Maj. Gen. Chester w. Goble, di-
rector Of the World War II COM
pensation fund, announced today.
He said the exact nature of the
application form will be made
known during the final week of
the statewide education an d
training program before applica-
J tion forms are made available
March /, to veterans in each of
Ohio's 88 counties.
General Goble urged each vet
eran planning to file an applica-
ton to begin now to get his
original discharge certificate or
certificate of service papers in
order and be ready to answer
the following questions:
/. Veterans full name
2. Veterans address.
8. Date of birth.
4. Service or serial numbers.
5. Name under which applicant
served in the armed forces.
6. Was veteran on active duty
December z, l941?
T. Date active duty commenced
if after Pearl Harbor Day.
8. Date veteran was separated
from active duty.
8. Date of beginning and date
vice between December 7, 1941,
of ending of each period of SER
and September 2, 1945, both dates
inclusive, during which veteran
was in Domestic Service.
TO- Number of days in penal
confinement as a result of SEN
tence by court martial during For
mestic Service.
II. Date of beginning and date
of ending of each period of SER
vice between December z, 1941
and September 2, l945, both dates
inclusive, during which veteran
was in Foreign Service.
IL. Number of days in penal
confinement as a result of SEN
tece by court martial during For
eign Service.
Is. Indicate whether arm d
force in which service was per-
formed was Army, Navy, Marine
Corps, Coast Guard, or other.
IA. Was separation from active
duty by discharge, assignment to
inactive status, or retirement?
Is. Was veteran separated from
active duty under honorable con-
ditions?
Is. Is veteran still on active
duty in the armed forces of the
United States? If so, a certificate
of commissioned officer is re-
quired verifying answers to pre-
ceding Is questions.
IL. Statement of residence and
number of selective service board,
if veteran had registered for the
draft.
18. Statement of place of resi-
dence when veteran commenced
active duty after December 7,
l94l, and place where it had been
during one year preceding his
first day of such active duty.
20. Has veteran applied for, or
received, from a state other than
Ohio a bonus or compensation
based upon service in the armed
forces of the United States in
World War II?
Another form, to be known as
Form 2, will be required for sur
viving spouse, children or parents
of deceased veterans who plan
to make beneficiary claims. De-
tailed requirements for benefici-
aries will be made later.
General Goble emphasized that
every person making his appli-
cations as living veteran must
mail with it his original dis
charge certificate or certificate of
service, his military record and
report of separation or enlisted
record ana report OF separation,
or any other official paper show
ing the complete record of appli-
cants' active service in the armed
forces of the United States in
World War H."
These must be the original
papers. Photostatic copies viii not
be satisfactory, the General said
! in speaking of the nearly one
hundred different kinds of dis
charge granted to veterans of the
last war.
General Goble stated that such
papers would be stamped to show
that the person to whom they
pertain has filed an application
for compensation, Photographic
copies made, and then the papers
will be returned to the applicant
with an acknowledgment of the
claim.