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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Your right, military records are sealed until 20 years after the death of the individual, I think that this was put into place to protect Military secrets, actions and intelligence. A lot of research can be done through the wartime diaries, especially if you know the time served and the unit served with. With the Airforce, they don't have the WWII diaries and beyond, but I believe that you can contact the archives and get copies.
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You're right, though 20 years is a "reasonable" amount of time to protect the privacy of the individual (I know, I know, he's already gone, but time sometimes helps soften the blow of releasing records after the death of an individual) - Privacy Acts in Canada vary, in Alberta, for example, Archives of a public body (Prov. Archives of Alberta for example) can release personal information if the individual has been deceased more than 25 years - so in my mind, 20 years isn't bad. In SK, I think it's 30 years.
So I suspect this restriction is less military secrets and more protection of personal privacy.
