                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

RECORDING INFORMATION ON DISCHARGES OF WORLD WAR II SERVICEMEN (§ 17.1-264)

A. When the honorable or dishonorable discharge of any person who served in the
armed forces of the United States, or its associates, during World War II and
who was a resident of the county or city at the time of his induction is
presented, the clerk shall record the information contained therein in the
proper spaces provided for such purpose in the book known as &#8220;Induction
and Discharge Record, World War II.&#8221; If the induction record of the
veteran presenting a discharge for recordation is not already recorded, the
clerk shall ascertain this information and record it along with the discharge.

B. Such record book shall be kept in the clerk&#8217;s office as a public record
and shall be paid for by the county or city, as other public record books are
paid for. It shall be standard loose-leaf construction, suitable for permanent
record purposes, and shall consist of a binder with canvas jacket, an index and
a quantity of sheets printed to provide space for (i) the induction record, (ii)
the service record, and (iii) the discharge. Under clause (i) suitable headings
and space for recording the induction information obtained from the draft boards
shall be provided and under clauses (ii) and (iii) suitable headings and space
for recording the information contained in the discharge papers shall be
provided.

HISTORY: 1944, p. 33, §§ 17-90, 17-91; Michie Suppl. 1946, § 3392a; 1998, c.
872.