Thank you for that lead.
No, I do not have direct access to the National Archives and Records Administration microfilm. If I want to look somebody up in the NARA microfilm, I have to go to a library like everybody else. Neil, is it possible that you may have confused me with someone else?
That being said, I frequently refer to the State of Missouri, Secretary of State's Website, for the Missouri State Archives, military service record cards which are online at http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/soldiers/ if that is what you mean.
Bruce Nichols