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New York State Veteran Oral History Program
Completed Interview Transcriptions

Sorted by Name

Name Gender Conflict / Years Branch Unit Theater Hometown Notes
               
Achiron, Morton Male World War 2 US Marine Corps 3rd Marine Division Pacific New York, NY Forward observer on Iwo Jima
Transcribed by Tom Timmons
Addison, Robert A. Male World War 2 US Marine Corps 1st Marine Raider Battalion Pacific Alliance, Ohio 60mm Mortars; Tulagi; Guadalcanal
Transcribed by Eileen O'Hara
Albanese, Mario M. Male World War 2 US Army 315th Infantry Regiment
79th Infantry Division
European
Mediterranean
Gloversville, NY Heavy weapons (mortars and machine guns)
Transcribed by Ryan Leland
Baber, James K. Male World War 2 US Army 6th Armored Regiment;
1st Armored Division
European Kansas City, MO Normandy; General Patton
Transcribed by Elizabeth Horowitz
Beikirch, Gary Male Vietnam War US Army 5th Special Forces Group   Rochester, NY Medal Of Honor
Bena, David John Male Vietnam War US Marine Corps 1st Marine Air Wing   Saratoga Springs, NY Missions above 17th Parallel
Brokaw, John W. Male World War 2
Korean War
US Army 184th Infantry Regiment Pacific Syracuse, NY Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Burke, Rosetta Y. Female 1962 - 1992 US Army Reserves
NY National Guard
Nurse Corps   Pittsburg, PA General in NY NG
Transcribed by Dina Levinson
Updated February, 2012
Carlson, Kenneth Rudolph Male World War 2 US Army Air Force 328th Bomb Sq. European New York City Purple Heart
Casey, Robert Charles Male World War 2 US Army Air Force 436th Troop Carrier Group European Brooklyn, NY Glider pilot
Charbonneau, Lawrence G. Male World War 2 US Army Air Force 366th Fighter Group European Cohoes, NY P-47 fighter pilot
Transcribed by Tee Branch
Conklin, Roy W. Male Korean War US Army 223rd Regiment, 40th Division   Saratoga Springs, NY Silver Star, Bronze Star
Crawford, Morrie H. (Maurice) Male Vietnam War US Army 1st Infantry Division   Ballston Spa, NY Writing war stories, being under fire
Transcribed by Wilma Jozwiak
Currey, Francis S. Male World War 2 US Army 120th Regiment, 30th Division European Hurleyville, NY Medal Of Honor
Cutting, Robert David Male World War 2 US Army Air Force 5th Air Force Pacific Rome, NY Fighter pilot
Feeley, David Christen Male Iraq War, 2003- US Army 1st Infantry Division   Rochester, NY Career National Guard officer, detailed information on a number of subjects
Feuerherm, Kurt Carl Male World War 2 US Army 85th Division

European
Mediterranean

Buffalo, NY Liberation of Rome
Finnegan, Patrick Male Vietnam War US Army 82nd Airborne Division   Brooklyn, NY Special Ops.
Flynn, Walter Male World War 2 US Army Air Force 27th Fighter Squadron European
Mediterranean
East Greenbush, NY Fighter pilot
Transcribed by Dina Levinson
Foote, Ned David Male Vietnam War US Marine Corps 6th Marines   Glens Falls, NY Purple Heart
Frudd, Duane E. Male Vietnam War US Army 93rd Engineer Battalion   Rochester, NY Budist Monks
Furman, Mark Robert Male Vietnam War US Army 3/17th Air Cavalry Squadron   Beaver Dam, WI Helicopter pilot
Futterman, Fred Male World War 2 US Navy Anti Submarine Patrol Squadron, VPB - 63 Atlantic
Mediterranean
Brooklyn, NY Delivering PBY to Russian Navy
Hicks, David A. Male Korean War US Army 70th Tank Battalion   Schenectady, NY Rank of Colonel
Hogan, Gary W. Male Vietnam War US Army 68th Assault Helicopter Company   Mineola, NY Helicopter gunship pilot
Transcribed by Tee Branch
James, Nathaniel Male 1953 - 1995 US Army
National Guard
369th Regiment   Bronx, NY Major General
Transcribed by Thomas Timmons
Jones, Ellsworth Joseph Male World War 2 US Army 101st Airborne European Corinth, NY D-Day
Jordan, Steve T. Male World War 2 US Navy   Pacific Schenectady, NY Navy Corpsman with Marines
Transcribed by Lisa Alexander
Keiser, Richard R. Male Vietnam War US Army 101st Airborne   Brooklyn, NY Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Lawler, Daniel J. Male World War 2 US Marine Corps 5th Marines Pacific Glens Falls, NY Peleliu, Okinawa, Purple Heart
LeBlanc, Ross Male Vietnam War US Marine Corps 3rd Marine Divsion   Portland, ME Khe Sanh
Lee, William Eugene Male World War 1 US Army 5th Marines   Liverpool, NY Belleau Woods, Chateau Thierry, Meuse Argonne
Liberty, Frances Mary Female World War 2
Korean War
Vietnam War
US Army Army Nurse Corps   Plattsburgh, NY Bronze Star
Little, Donald Charles Male Vietnam War US Army 25th Infantry Division   Elmira, NY Medic
Transcribed by Eileen O'Hara
Lombardo, Marie A. Female World War 2 US Coast Guard 1st Naval District American Cohoes, NY Duties as a SPAR (Semper Paratus, Always Ready)
Marquardt, Erwin W. (Mark) Male World War 2 US Army 27th Mechanized Reconnaissance Troop
27th Infantry Division
Pacific Albany, NY Saipan
Transcribed by Paul Stambach
Mion, Kathleen Ann Female Persian Gulf War, 1991 US Navy Fleet Hospital 5   Charlton, NY Triage and treatment of patients
O'Brien, William S. Male Vietnam War US Navy USS Puget Sound (AD-38)   Troy, NY Captain, Mayaguez Incident
Owsley, Diane Marie Female Persian Gulf War, 1991
Afghan War, 2001-
US Army 304th Psychological Operations Company   Rome, NY Desert Storm
Paul, Jeanne Kahn Female World War 2 US Army (WACs) 106th Evacuation Hospital European Brooklyn, NY WACs, maiden name Kahn
Sheppard, Frederic Gardner Male World War 2 US Army 101st Airborne European Yonkers, NY D-Day
Sidur, John Albert Male World War 2 US Army 27th Infantry Division
105th Infantry Regiment
Pacific Cohoes, NY Saipan Banzai.attack
Transcribe by Tee Branch
Stay, Frederick R. Male World War 2 US Marine Corps Marine Bombing Squadron 433 (VMB-433) Pacific Schenectady, NY PBJ-1 (B-25 bomber)
Taluto, Joseph J. Male Iraq War, 2003- US Army, NYNG 42nd Infantry Division   Schenectady, NY Transcribed by Molly Guptill.
General in command of the 42nd.
Weeks, John Gavin Male World War 2 US Army Air Force 13th Photographic Sq. European Lyons, NY German jet fighters
Weistein, Steven Louis Male Vietnam War US Army 330th Radio Research Company   Newark, NJ Plieku
Wiley, Harold J. Male World War 2 US Army Air Force 305th Bombardment Group European Pittstown, NY Pilot B-17

 

 

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