Military legacy • Digital downloads

Find their service.
Keep their story.

Make sense of a veteran’s past, one record at a time. Plain-language PDF guides help you research US military service, understand medals, and preserve the memories only your family can tell.

Instant PDF delivery. Yours to use at your own pace.

Service Ledger hero
Every service history deserves a place in the family record.

Our commitment

Sourced guidance.Evidence before assumptions.

Clear expectations.No promise of recovered records.

Entirely self-guided.No calls, appointments, or shipping.

From clues to a lasting record

You don’t need to know where to start.

A photograph. A ribbon. A unit name on an old letter. Start with what you have, then follow a practical path through the sources.

The 1973 St. Louis fire destroyed millions of military personnel files. Missing files don’t always mean the trail ends—but some questions may remain unanswered.
01

Trace the service

Find Their War walks you through records requests, alternatives for fire-affected files, unit histories, morning reports, and medal verification. Fillable worksheets and a checklist keep your findings together.

US service: WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Cold War, Gulf War, Iraq & Afghanistan

02

Read the ribbons

Medal Decoder helps you identify US medals and ribbons and understand what they mean. Fill in the printable medal story sheet to keep the context alongside a family shadow box.

Identify first. Verify before drawing conclusions.

03

Keep the personal story

Veteran Story Journal provides guided prompts in a fillable, printable PDF. The veteran or family records the memories themselves, digitally or on pages printed at home.

A thoughtful starting point for adult children and veteran families.

The legacy collection

Choose your starting point.

One-time prices in USD. Digital PDFs only; nothing is shipped.

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Find Their War

$39

Research Kit

A step-by-step route through US service research, with sourced guidance, fillable worksheets, and a practical checklist.

Find the Research Kit

Medal Decoder

$14

US medal and ribbon guidance, plus a printable medal story sheet.

Veteran Story Journal

$24

Guided prompts to fill in digitally or print at home.

Complete Legacy Bundle

$59

Research Kit, Medal Decoder, and Story Journal together. Save $18 compared with buying separately.

Available downloads

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Downloads are delivered automatically after purchase. These are tools for your own research and writing—not custom research, interviews, or VA benefits assistance.

For the next generation

Give their story somewhere to live.

You don’t have to solve every mystery today. Gather the first clue, take the next step, and build a record your family can keep.

Choose a legacy download