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| B-17 Crew, Group Interview | Video Transcription |
World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron |
European | Group interviewed by Hudson Falls, HS. Includes Earl M. Morrow, Samuel J. Lisica, and Jerome Silverman. Transribed by Susan Bergmann |
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| Baber, James Koehler | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 6th Armored Regiment; 1st Armored Division |
European | Kansas City, MO | Normandy; General Patton Transcribed by Elizabeth Horowitz |
| Bachelet, Janet Bower (Bauer) | Video Transcription |
Female | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | Air Transport Command (ATC) | Worked in the office for the CBI wing. Transcribed by Kathy Olson |
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| Bailey, John A. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 27th Infantry Division 106th Infantry Regiment |
Pacific, European | Kiamesha Lake, NY | Battle of the Bulge Transcribed by Mark Orr |
| Bailey, John E. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy Fleet Marine Force |
Attached to 5th Marine Service Corps | Pacific | Albany, NY | Pharmacist's Mate Transcribed by Kathy Olson |
| Bailey, Frank Joel | Biography | Male | 1907 - 1941 | US Naval Militia US Naval Reserves |
Buffalo, NY | Biography written by Thomas Bailey Hagen, 2012. | ||
| Bailey, Kenneth H. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 4th Cavalry Group (Mechanized) | European | Albany, NY | Interviewed by Ken and June Hunter Transcribed by Oliver Groom |
| Baim, David H. | Video | Male | Vietnam War | US Army | Vietnam | Easton, PA | Interviewed by Ken and June Hunter | |
| Baker, Henry Ten Eyck | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 75th Infantry Division | European | Johnstown, NY | Bronze Star Transcribed by Kathy Olson |
| Baker, Keith | Video Transcription |
Male | World War Two | US Army | European | Interviewed by Senator Patty Richie's Office Transcribed by Dustin Conte |
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| Baker, Richard Thomas | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 390th Heavy Bomber Group, 571st Squadron, 8th Air Force |
European | Rome, NY | Top Turrent Gunner Transcribed by Mark Orr |
| Baker, Walter Sommers | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | NY National Guard US Army Air Forces |
7th Reg., NY NG 314th Composite Wing |
Pacific | Peapack, NJ | Fighter pilot Transcribed by Daniel Keefe |
| Baldridge, Robert C. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 34th Field Artillery Bn 9th Infantry Division |
European | Omaha, NE | Remagen Bridge, Nordhausen concentration camps Transcribed by Daniel Keefe |
| Baldwin, Robert D. | Video Transcription |
Male | Vietnam War | US Army | 25th Infantry Division | Vietnam | Wellsville, NY | Interviewed by Melissa Beardsley of the Chemung County Historical Society Transcribed by Joe DiDonato |
| Ball, Elizabeth | Video | Female | World War 2 | Civilian | American | Elmira, NY | Interviewed by Heather Wade of the Chemung County Historical Society | |
| Ball, William Frederick | Video Transcription |
Male | Korean War | US Army | 172nd Infantry Regiment | Korea | Glens Falls, NY | Transcribed by Will Joseph |
| Ballard, Sammy Leon | Video Transcription |
Male | 1972 - 1978 | US Army US Marine Corps |
Newburg, NY | In Germany with the Army Transcribed by Brendan Coyle |
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| Balls, William H. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 Korean War |
US Army | 81st Artillery Bn (WW2) | European | Rye, NY | Battle of Hürtgen Forest, Dachau Transcribed by Kathy Olson |
| Balogh, Steven G. | Video | Male | 1945 - 1946 | Flatbush, NY | Interviewed by the American Legion Post, Saugerties NY | |||
| Bambury, Herbert, Jr. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | European | Carthage, NY | Interviewed by Brian Beagle and Phil Boardman of the Rome Free Academy Transcribed by Maggie Oldendorf |
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| Bangert, James G. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 452nd Bomber Group, 8th Air Force |
European | Nanuet, NY | Bombadier on a B-24 Liberator Transcribed by Maggie Oldendorf |
| Banko, Walter | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | Armed Guard on Liberty Ship 1981 Lee S. Overman/ USS Hornet |
Altoona, PA | D-Day at Gold Beach Transcribed by Kathy Olson |
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| Baranaski, George , Jr. | Video Transcription |
Male | Vietnam War | US Army | 1st Cavalry Division 8th Cavalry Regiment |
Group interview by Greater Capital Region Teacher Center with Margaret Gunderson, George Baranowski, Jr., Sal D'Ippolito and Hal Silverstein. Transcribed by Valerie Disiena |
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| Baranowski, Donald A. | Video Transcription |
Male | 1971 - 1975 Desert Storm |
US Air Force United States Air Force Reserve | K C Air Refueling Wing 174th Ftr. Wng. |
Middle East | Camden | Interviewed by Alicia Anderson and Jen Dixon of the Rome Free Academy H.S., Rome, NY Transcribed by Mark Woinicki |
| Barben, George J. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 Korean War |
US Coast Guard US Navy |
USS Comanche | Atlantic | Brooklyn, NY | Escort duty, North Atlantic Convoys Transcribed by Kathy Olson |
| Barber, John S. | Video Transcription |
Male | Cold War, 1952-56 | US Air Force | 317th Troop Carrier Wing | Salem, NY | Stationed in Germany Transcribed by Rich Margolin |
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| Barclay, Richard L. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 419th F.A. Gp. | Pacific | Newburgh, NY | Transcribed by Dion Selby |
| Bari, Frank | Video Transcription |
Male | Vietnam War | US Navy US Coast Guard |
USCG Cutter Dallas USCG Cutter Busch PT Boat Banks PT Boat Orient |
Vietnam | Mineola, NY | |
| Barnes, Frederick S. | Video Transcription |
Male | 1946 - 1977 | US Air Force US Army Air Forces |
15th Air Force 15th Ftr. Gp, Griffiss AFB |
Mediterranean Pacific | Buffalo, NY | Interviewed by Kristen Scanlon and Kevin May of the Rome Free Academy H.S., Rome, NY Transcribed by Tori Burrell |
| Barnes, Harrison, Jr. | Video Transcription |
Male | 1946 - 1948 | US Army | 30th Army Band | Kingston, NY | Stationed in Germany Transcribed by Alex Torres |
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| Barnes, John Joseph | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | Co. H 116th Inf. Regt. 29th Infantry Division |
European | Utica, NY | Interviewed by the Rome Free Academy H.S., Rome, NY Transcribed by Mike Mansir |
| Barney, Daniel E. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Navy | Dixie (Ship: AD-14) USS YP 267/RB |
Pacific | Herkimer, NY | Interviewed by the Rome Free Academy H.S., Rome, NY |
| Rev. Barney, George E. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | Co. C 16th Regt. 1st Infantry Division |
European | Utica, NY | Interviewed by Gary Ford of the Rome Free Academy H.S. Rome, NY Transcribed by Amanda Baldwin |
| Barraco, Robert A. | Video Transcription |
Male | Vietman War | US Army | 1st Cavalry Division (Americal) | Danville, NY | Interviewed by the Rome Free Academy Transcribed by Kathy Olson |
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| Barrett, James B. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 320th Inf. Regt. 35th Division |
European | Albany, NY | |
| Barron, Robert Edward | Video Transcription |
Male | 1953 - 1956 | US Army | USAF Area Command, Saltzburg | European | Voorheesville, NY | Interviewed by Ken and June Hunter |
| Barsallo, Luis E. | Video Transcription |
Male | Iraq War | US Army NYArmy National Guard |
27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team 108th Infantry Regiment |
Middle East | Waterford | Transcribed by Daniel Keefe |
| Bartells, Robert Burke | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | SeaBees | Interviewed at the American Legion Post, Saugerties, NY Transcribed by Rebeccah Goyette |
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| Bartholomew, Lloyd Gibson | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 121st General Hospital 97th General Hospital |
European | Poultney, VT | Transcribed by Julio Rodriguez |
| Bartolotta, Frank R. | Video | Male | Vietnam War | US Navy | Medical service USNS Gen. William O. Darby |
Vietnam | Kenmore, NY | |
| Basile, Joseph N. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS LSMR 402 | Pacific | Albany, NY | Interviewed by Christ The King School Transcribed by Vusala Aliyeva |
| Battillo, Anthony | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | HQ, 4th Corps, 5th Army | Mediterranean | Brooklyn, NY | Liberation of Rome Transcribed by Maggie Oldendorf |
| Battista, Thomas | Video Transcription |
Male | World War Two | US Army | European | Interviewed by Senator Patty Richie's Office Transcribed by Elle Connelly |
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| Battle of the Bulge, Group Interview | Video | World War 2 | Interviewed by Hudson Falls H.S. Hudson Falls, NY | |||||
| Bauer, Gary A. | Video Transcription |
Male | 1957 - 1963 | US Navy | Essex [Ship:CVA/CVS-9] | Pacific | Orchard Park, NY | Transcribed by Sawyer E Pezzolesi |
| Bauer, Harold Karl | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | CASU 30-35-12 | Pacific | Albany, NY | Interviewed by Ken and June Hunter Transcribed by Nate Salzer |
| Bazar, Lydia | Video Transcription |
Female | World War 2 | Civilian | Poland | Forced labor for the Germans Transcribed by Maggie Oldendorf |
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| Bazar, Myron | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | Pacific | Amsterdam, NY | Served aboard a refeuling ship Transcribed by Maggie Oldendorf |
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| Beach, Walter Roy | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | LST 264 Donner LSD 20 |
Atlantic | Long Island, NY | Transcribed by Latosha Miller |
| Beagle, Howard Taylor | Video Transcription |
Male | Vietnam War | US Air Force | 552nd Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing | Vietnam | Darby, PA | Interviewed by Brian Beagle Kristen Scanlon of the Rome Free Academy H.S. Rome, NY Transcribed by Marlo Sexton |
| Beard, Edward J. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | NY National Guard US Army Air Forces |
112th F.A. 345th Bmb. Gp. 498th Sqn |
Pacific | Buffalo, NY | Transcribed by Winston Edmonds |
| Beaton, Joan | Video Transcription |
Female | World War 2 | Civilian | Interviewed by Hudson Falls HS Part of a Group Interview |
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| Beaudin, Brian | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | 82nd Airborne Division 508th Parachute Infantry |
European |
West Warwick, Rhode Island | Interviewed by the Herkimer Fulton County Historical Society Transcribed by Carol Quirk |
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| Beaudin, Brian | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | 82nd Airborn Division 508th Parachute Infantry |
Extracted from a compilation of interviews by Assemblyman Marc Butler and the Fulton County Historical Society Transcribed by Valerie Disiena |
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| Beauregard, John M. | Video Transcription |
Male | 1964-1967 | US Army | 27th Maintenance Company 1st Cavarly Division |
Schenectady, NY | Served in Korea and at West Point Transcribed by Kathy Olson |
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| Becker, Miles Johnston | Video Transcription |
Male | Vietnam War | US Army | 4th Engineer Battalion 4th Infantry Division |
Plattsburg, NY | Worked with the Montagnards Transcribed by Mary Reilly |
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| Beebe, Theodore J , Sr | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 Korean War, |
US Army Air Forces US Air Force |
463d Bmb. Sqn. 346th Bmb. Gp. |
Pacific Korea | Albany, NY | Transcribed by Christina Malthouse |
| Beikirch, Gary Burnell | Video Transcription |
Male | Vietnam War | US Army | 5th Special Forces Group | Rochester, NY | Medal Of Honor | |
| Belefant, Martin S. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | US Army. Infantry Division, 99th | European | Scarsdale, NY | |
| Belfield, Justus Rathbone | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | Troop, G, NYNG 22nd Armored Division |
European | Utica, NY | Interviewed by the NYS Military Museum Transcribed by Kathy Olson |
| Belfield, Justus Rathbone | Transcription | Male | World War 2 | US Army | Troop, G, NYNG 22nd Armored Division |
European | Utica, NY | Part One Transcribed by Mark Orr |
| Belfield, Justus Rathbone | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | Troop, G, NYNG 22nd Armored Division |
European | Utica, NY | Part Two Transcribed by Mark Orr |
| Belfield, Justus Rathbone | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | Troop, G, NYNG 22nd Armored Division |
European | Utica, NY | Part Three Transcribed by Mark Orr |
| Bell, Raymond E., Jr. | Video | Male | Vietnam War, 1957 - 1989 |
US Army | 220th MP Brigade | Vietnam Africa |
West Point, NY | |
| Bena, David John | Video Transcription |
Male | Vietnam War | US Marine Corps | 1st Marine Air Wing | Saratoga Springs, NY | Missions above 17th Parallel | |
| Benamati, David Patrick | Video Transcription |
Male | Iraq War, 2003- | NY Army National Guard | 299th Engineerrs | Cohoes, NY | Nothern Iraq, 2005-2006 Transcribed by Victor Perez |
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| Benjamin, Farron P. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 1027 Material Sqn. 509th Composite Gp. |
Pacific | West Edmeston | Interviewed with his wife, Dorothy. Transcribed by Sean Clancy |
| Bennett, Charles H. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Corps | 456th Bomb Group 745th Bomb Squadron |
European | Hudson Falls, NY | |
| Bennett, Charles L. | Video Transcription |
Male | Vietnam War | US Navy | USS Jospeph Strauss (DDG-16) | Whitehall, NY | Easter Offensive of 1972 Transcribed by Maggie Oldendorf Corrections supplied by his wife, Tammy Bennett. |
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| Bennett, David Charles | Video Transcription |
Male | Vietnam War | US Marine Corps | 1st Marine Airborne Wing. | Norwood, MA | Interviewed by Bekah Havens of the Rome Free Academyl Transcribed by Eilish Tucker |
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| Bennett, Harold L. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | Signal Service Battalion, 988th | China, Burma, India | White Creek, NY | Transcribed by Jacob Kallal |
| Bennett, Kim Morgan | Video | Male | Vietnam War | US Air Force US Army |
Security Police | Vietnam | Genoa, NY | |
| Bennett, Lawrence E. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 341st Inf. Regt. 86th Division |
European | Newburgh, NY | Transcribed by Alec Myer |
| Benoit, Joseph Edward "Eddie" | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | Mediterranean Pacific | Worcester | Transcribed by Meaghan Foley | |
| Benson, Burton E. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | Co. K 423rd Regt. 106th Infantry Division |
European | Rome, NY | Interviewed by Mike O' Connell and Tom Knudsen of the Rome Free Academy Transcribed by Joshua Fontana |
| Benson, Murray M. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | Hq. 7th Army 4th Cav. Gp. |
European | NYC | Transcribed by Niomi Ramsingh |
| Benson, R. Ben | Video Transcription |
Male | Korean War | US Army | 7th Infantry Division | New York City ? | Graves Registration Service Transcribed by Maggie Oldendorf |
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| Benware, Clarence | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | LST 601 | European | Albany, NY | Interviewed by Senator Patty Ritchie's office, with an introduction by the Senator. Transcribed by Augustina Boateng |
| Beres, Chester V. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron |
European | Ft. Niagara, NY | |
| Berg, Abraham | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 65th Infantry Division 261st Infantry Regiment, |
European | Brooklyn, NY | Transcribed by Tetiana Smishko |
| Berkman, Sanford "Sandy" | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps | 5th Marine Division 26th Marines |
Pacific | Albany, NY | D-Day on Iwo Jima Transcribed by Maggie Oldendorf |
| Bessette, John Francis | Video Transcription |
Male | Vietnam War 1959 - 1979 |
US Air Force | 3rd Spc. Ops. Sqn. 7405 Sup. Sqn. 429th Air Ref. Sqn. 61st Trp. Car. Sqn. |
Vietnam | Malone, NY | Transcribed by Michael Grant and Janice Kissick |
| Best, Arthur A. | Video | Male | World War 2 Korean War |
US Army US Navy | USS Osage (LSV-3) 548th Engr. Svc. and Construction Bn. |
Pacific Korea | Albany, NY | African American Interviewed by Captain Sweeney |
| Betz, Otto J. , III | Video Transcription |
Male | Vietnam War, 1961-1975 OCT 1967 MAR 1969 |
US Marine Corps | E Co. 2nd Bn., Third Marines US Marine Corps. Marines, 3rd |
Vietnam | Mineola, NY | Interviewed by Will Smith and Andrew Law of Chaminade, H. S. Mineola, NY Transcribed by Isobel Connell |
| Bezon, Martin Francis | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 467th Bomber Group, 791st Squadron, 8th Air Force |
European | Port Henry, NY | Shot down, rescued by the Soviets Transcribed by Daniel Keefe |
| Bialock, Matthew | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps |
US Marine Corps. Division, 4th US Marine Corps. Marines, 25th |
Pacific | Little Falls, NY | Extracted from a compilation of interviews by Assemblyman Marc Butler and the Herkimer County Community College |
| Bierline, Frank J. | Video Transcription |
Male | 1960 - 1968 | US Air Force | Pacific | Freedom, PA | Interviewed by Marlene Zecca of the Chemung County Historical Society Transcribed by Daniel Keefe |
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| Bilinski, Dorothy Mary Johnson | Video Transcription |
Female | World War 2 | US Navy | American | Green Bay. WI | Transcribed by Jessica Amedio | |
| Billotti, Dominick C. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | Pacific | Le Roy, NY | Interviewed by Nicole Sherman of the Rome Free Academy H.S. Rome, NY | |
| Bindig, Robert Kuhn | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | Hospitals | Pacific | Buffalo, NY | |
| Bindman, Aaron M. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 663rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion | Pacific | Brooklyn, NY | |
| Bisaillon, Ray | Video Transcription |
Male | 1958-1959 | US Navy | Witherley, NY | Downsized after a year Transcribed by Shatiki (Tiki) Beatty |
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| Bishop, Ernest L. | Video Transcription |
Male | Vietnam War, | US Army | HQ, Co. A, 725th Maint. Bn., 25th Infantry Division | Vietnam | Bradford, PA | Transcribed by Bob Dial |
| Bishop, Richard A. | Video |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 442nd Signal Company | CBI | Schenectady, NY | Audio only |
| Biss, Julia Helen | Video Transcription |
Female | World War 2 Cold War |
US Army W.A.C. US Air Force |
Administrative | American | Saratoga Springs, NY | Transcribed by Annalese Myers |
| Black, Donald H. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron |
European | NYC | |
| Blacksmith, Daniel A. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Navy | Middletown, NY | |||
| Blackwelder, George Edward, Jr. | Video | Male | Desert Storm 1989 - |
US Air Force | 354th TFW 313th RCS |
Middle East | Spartenburg, S.C. | Interviewed by Ellen Laponsky |
| Blair, Christopher | Video Transcription |
Male | Vietnam War, Desert Storm | US Navy | USS Mariano G. Vallejo | Watervliet, NY | Interviewed by the Herkimer Fulton County Historical Society Transcribed by Soroush Saririan |
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| Blair, Mary Erin (nee O'Connor) | Video Transcription |
Female | Cold War | US Navy | US Naval Women's Reserve (WAVES) | Ilion, NY | Interviewed by the Herkimer Fulton County Historical Society Transcribed by Meghan Deerfield |
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| Blair, Mary Erin (nee O'Connor) | Video | Female | Cold War | US Navy | US Naval Women's Reserve (WAVES) | Ilion, NY | Extracted from a compilation of interviews by Assemblyman Marc Butler and the Herkimer County Community College | |
| Blair, Walter R. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 8th Armored Division 49th Armored Infantry Ballation |
European | Philadelphia, PA | Battle of Bulge Transcribed by Rich Margolin |
| Blaisdell, Clarence | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps | Interviewed by the Baldwinsville Messenger and the Baldwinsville Public Library Transcribed by Emkay Lalor |
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| Blake, Harold A., Jr. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 11th Armored Division 133rd Ordnance Battalion, |
European | Fulton, NY | Interviewed by Patty Ritchie's Office, NY State Senator |
| Blanchfield, John J. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 11th Infantry Regiment 5th Infantry Division |
European | Lake George, NY | Interrviewed by Hudson Falls H.S., Hudson Falls, NY Transcribed by Susan Bergman |
| Blanchfield, John J. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 11th Infantry Regiment 5th Infantry Division |
European | Lake George, NY | Transcribed by Susan Bergman |
| Blanchfield, Thomas A. | Video |
Male | Korean War 1951 - 1985 |
US Army United States Army Reserve | 1st Cavalry Division. 414th Civil Affairs Company |
Korea | Amsterdam, NY | Interviewed by of the Rome Free Academy |
| Bligh, John Walker, Jr. | Video Transcription |
Male | Cold War | US Army | 301st Army Security Agency. | Syracuse, NY (?) | Served in Korea, 1955-57 Transcribed by Maggie Oldendorf |
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| Bliss, Robert Earl | Video Transcription |
Male | Vietnam | US Marines | 4th Marines, 3rd Marine Division | Los Angelos, CA | Purple Heart Transcribed by Maggie Oldendorf |
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| Bloch, Edward J. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps | 3rd Bn., 7th Marines 1st Marine Division |
Pacific | NYC | Transcribed by Valerie Disiena |
| Bloom, Harold Leonard | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 112th Infantry Regiment 28th Infantry Division |
European | Providence, RI | Battle of the Bulge Transcribed by Maggie Oldendorf |
| Bly, James "Jamie" | Video Transcription |
Male | Vietnam War | US Air Force | 509th Bomb Wing | Elmira, NY | Interviewed by Felicia Anderson and Heather Thieme of the Rome Free Academy Transcribed by Daniel Keefe |
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| Bobinski, Paul S. | Video Transcription |
Male | 1972 - 1975 | US Army | Moncrief Army Hospital | American | Stamford , CT | Transcribed by Nelizbeth Munoz |
| Bobseine, Oliver Henry | Video |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 310th Bmb. Wng 5th Air Force |
Pacific | Hamburg, NY | |
| Bochetti, Vincent "Jim" | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 8th Air force | European | Mechanicville, NY | Transcribed by Daniel Keefe |
| Bock, Leonard | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Coast Guard | 83331 (ex-CG 481) | Pacific | Brooklyn, NY | Served in the Philippines Transcribed by Hannah Seebacher |
| Bohen, Alexander Joseph | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 35th Tank Bn. Recon Plt. 4th Armored Division |
European | Brooklyn, NY | Interviewed by Marlene Zeca of the Chemung County Historical Society Transcribed by Barb Tyler |
| Bolster, Minnie | Video |
Female | World War 2 | Civilian | Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Springs |
Interviewed with Leo Hoge | ||
| Bonacquisti, Fernando | Video Transcription |
World War 2 | 90th. Infantry Division 915th Field Artillery Bn |
Guest lecturer in Prof. Paul Schulte's American History, 20th Century (HIS-204) class, Genesee Community College Transcribed by Valerie Disienna |
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| Bonacquisti Brothers, Group Interview | Video |
World War 2 | 90th Infantry Division | Guest lecturer in Prof. Paul Schulte's American History, 20th Century (HIS-204) class, Genesee Community College | ||||
| Bonadio, George A. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | European | Watertown, NY | D-Day Transcipt of an interview for the Eisenhower Center for American Studies. |
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| Booth, Robert | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 49th AAA 581st Half track 349th F.A. Gp. |
European | Olyphant, PA | |
| Booth, Robert T. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 912th Field Artillery Battalion 87th Division |
European | Plattsburgh, NY | Interviewed by Nathan Searing Transcribed by Susan Bergmann |
| Booth, Wayne | Transcription | Male | 1975 - 1981 | US Marines | 1st Marine Brigade | Newburgh, NY | Transcription only. Interviewed by Michele Starkey for The Sentinel (Orange County, NY) |
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| Borden, Howard W. | Video Transcription |
Male | Korean War | US Army | HQ. Co. 1st Bn. 15th Inf. 3rd Division |
Korea | Albany, NY | Transcribed by Chris Peary |
| Bottoms, George D. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 Korean War |
US Army | 330th Engineer General Services Regiment Korean Military Advisory Group (KMAG) |
CBI | Belmont, NY | Ledo Road Transcribed by Maggie Oldendorf |
| Bottum, James | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | Pacific | Cohoes, NY | Naval pilot Transcribed by Grant Barnhart |
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| Bowen, George D. | Video Transcription |
Male | Cold War, 1953-57 | US Air Force | 763rd Air Contol & Warning (AC&W) 51st Fighter Wing |
Gowanda, NY | Interviewed by Orchard Park H.S., Orchard Park, NY Transcribed by Niloufar Saririan |
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| Bowman, Howard Chester | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | Interrogation of Prisoner of War Team No. 154 | European | Interrogated German POWs. Transcribed by Daniel Keefe. |
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| Boyagian, Catherine C., nee Bradley | Video Transcription |
Female | World War 2 | United States Army W.A.C. | WAC Det. POE | American | Albany, NY | Transcribed by Megan Campaney |
| Boyce, William J. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Thetis Bay (CVE-90) | Pacific | Saratoga Springs | Atu & Kiska invasions Transcribed by Tristan Griffith |
| Brach, Albert J. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War Two | US Army Air Forces | African, Italian | Riverside, NY | Interviewed by Orchard Park, H.S., Orchard Park, NY Transcribed by Maggie Oldendorf |
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| Bradish, Harry (Harold?) | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 3051st Engineer Combat Battalion | European | Baldwinsville, NY | Interviewed by Baldwinsville Messenger and the Baldwinsville Public Library in 1994. Transcribed by Diane M. Burke |
| Bradley, Roger Evans | Video Transcription |
Male | Korean War | US Army | 8201st Army Unit Headquarters Co. | Sharon, CT | Korea Civil Assistance Command, KCAC Transcribed by Maggie Oldendorf |
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| Bradt, Dr. William | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | Pacific | East Aurora, NY | Interviewed by Hector Allen of the Herkimer County Veteran's Video Project Transcribed by Christopher L Trifiletti |
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| Brady, Elizabeth (Liz) Rozell | Video Transcription |
Female | World War 2 | US Army Nurse Corps | European Mediterranean | Interviewed by Hudson Falls H.S. Hudson Falls, NY Transcribed by Daniel Keefe |
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| Brady, James | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | Mediterranean | Interviewed by Hudson Falls H.S. Hudson Falls, NY | ||
| Bramswig, William E. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 345th Infantry Regiment 87th Infantry Division |
European | New York City | Battle of the Bulge. Transcribed by Kathy Olson |
| Brancone, Dominick | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 3rd Army attached to 2nd French Armored Division Serv. Btry. 342nd Ar. F. A. Bn. |
European | Brooklyn | |
| Brandi, Daniel | Video Transcription |
World War 2 | US Army | Quartermaster Corps | Pacific | Hoosick Falls, NY | Interviewed by Philip Leonard of the Hoosick Falls Historical Society Transcribed by Susan Bergmann |
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| Brandi, Joseph | Video Transcription |
World War 2 | US Army | Hoosick Falls, NY | Interviewed by Philip Leonard of the Hoosick Falls Historical Society | |||
| Brauner, Solomon | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 6th Cav. Recon Sqn. Mech. 3rd Army |
European | NYC | |
| Brayden, William C. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 362nd Harbor Craft Co. | Pacific | Albany, NY | Interviewed by Ken and June Hunter |
| Breed, Edwin | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 1st Strategic Air Depot, | European | Interviewed by Mike Lonergan | |
| Brenenstuhl, Arba "Arby" | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron |
European | Hoosick Falls, NY | Interviewed by Philip Leonard of the Hoosick Falls Historical Society Transcribed by Tom Grannis |
| Brennan, Helen Marcil | Video Transcription |
Female | World War 2 | US Coast Guard | Cohoes, NY | Served in FBI prior to the war. Transcribed by Kathy Olson |
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| Brennan, Richard Francis | Video Transcription |
Male | Cold War, 1959-1962 Persian Gulf War, 1991 |
US Army | 809th Engineers | Bronx, NY | Drove a fuel truck in the First Persian Gulf War Transcribed by Mary Reilly |
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| Brenner, Melvin | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 87th. Infantry Division 345th Infantry Regiment, |
European | Bronx, NY | Transcribed by Elizabeth Acker |
| Breslow, Roger Arnold | Video Transcription |
Male | Cold War | US Air Force | Interviewed by Julie Madura and Caroline Regan Transcribed by Rich Margolin |
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| Brett, Thomas S. | Video | Male | Vietnam War | US Army | Americal Division | Vietnam | Ithaca, NY | |
| Brett, Thomas S. | Audio Letter | Male | Vietnam War | US Army | Americal Division | Vietnam | Ithaca, NY | |
| Brigano, Orlando "Lindy" | Video Transcription |
Male | World War Two | US Army | 712th Tank Battalion | European | Herkimer, NY | Interviewed by Laura Guillano Carla Destito of the Rome Free Academy H.S. Rome, NY Transcribed by Rich Margolin |
| Briggs, Donald E. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War Two | US Army | 100th Infantry Division 397th Infantry Regiment |
European | High Falls, NY | Served in the Army of Occupation Transcribed by Daniel Keefe |
| Brignola, Dominick E. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Navy | LST 1000 (Ship) | Pacific | Troy, NY | |
| Brindle, Bill | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 1st Infantry Division 16th Infantry Regiment |
European | Mount Vision, NY | Interviewed by Carlton Cleveland |
| Bristol, Clifford A. | Video Transcription |
Male | Vietnam War | US Air Force | Cohoes, NY | Two TDY tours in Vietnam, 1965-66 Transcribed by Kathy Olson |
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| Broadwell, Henry | Video Transcription |
Male | World War Two | US Navy | USS Baltimore (CA-68) | Pacific | Interviewed by Senator Patty Richie's Office Transcribed by Jaeden Lewis |
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| Brock, Ernie King | Video Transcription |
Male | Vietnam War Cold War |
US Army | Stationed at Fort Richardson, Alaska | Born in Shipley, FL | Russian language expert Transcribed by Maggie Oldendorf |
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| Broga, Edward W. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War w | US Army | 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Sqadron (Mechanized) | European | Syracuse, NY | Prisoner of war (POW) Transcribed by Matthew Oill |
| Brokaw, John W. | Video Transcription 1 Transcription 2 Okinawa Report |
Male | World War 2 Korean War |
US Army | 184th Infantry Regiment 7th Infantry Division |
Pacific | Syracuse, NY | Bronze Star, Purple Heart Transcribed by Kathy Olson After Action Report donated by John Johnson, Helena, MT. |
| Bronk, Frank W. | Video Transcription |
Male | Korean War | US Navy | Transcribed by Nicole Scott | |||
| Brookes, Clarence Emerson | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps | 4th Marine Raider Battalion | Pacific | Cortland, NY | |
| Brooks, Earl T. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 733rd Field Artillery Battalion 26th Infantry Regiment |
European | Milton, VT | Interviewed by Richard Tucker and Nicole Giampacaro of the Rome Free Academy H.S., Rome, NY Transcribed by Maggie Oldendorf |
| Brooks, Kathleen M. | Video Transcription |
Female | World War 2 | United States Army Nurse Corps | 56th General Hospital 24th Evacuation Hospital 312th Station Hospital |
European | NYC | Interviewed by Kristina Johnson and James Calandra of the Rome Free Academy Transcribed by Rebeccah Goyette |
| Brooks, Stewart M., Sr. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 555th Signal Aircraft Warning Bn. | European | Bainbridge, NY | |
| Brott, Nelson Earl | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Force | 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron |
European | Troy, NY | 2000 Interview |
| Brott, Nelson Earl | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Force | 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron |
European | Troy, NY | Interviewed by Ken and June Hunter in 2007 |
| Browe, Dr. John Harold | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 12th Medical Battalion, Philippine Division | Pacific | Troy, NY | 1998 Intervieew |
| Browe, Dr. John Harold | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 12th Medical Battalion, Philippine Division | Pacific | Troy, NY | 2001 Interview |
| Brown, Alvin Robert | Video Transcription |
Male | Cold War, 1955 - 1958 | US Air Force | Material Air Transport Service (MATS) | Albany, NY | Navigator on a the Stratocruiser Transcribed by Maggie Oldendorf |
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| Brown, Armond "Art" | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | Northumberland, NY | 2009 Interview | ||
| Brown, Armond "Art" | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | Northumberland, NY | 2010 Interview | ||
| Brown, Charles A. 'Charlie' | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 258th Field Artillery | European | Machias, NY | |
| Brown, Harold T. | Video Transcription |
Male | Korean War | US Army | 25th Infantry Division 35th Infantry Regiment |
New York, NY | Bronze Star, Prisoner of War Interviewed by Ken and June Hunter Transcribed by Maggie Oldendorf |
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| Brown, Herman Charles "Charlie" | Video | Male | Cold War Vietnam War |
US Marine Corps US Navy | 39th Provisional Aircraft Group 262 Medium Helicopter Squadron 1st Marine Raider Battalion, |
Vietnam | Whitehall, NY | |
| Brown, Frank William | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 532nd Signal Construction Company | An interview with Eleanor Peinkofer (wife of Joseph) about her correspondence with Frank Brown while Brown was in the service. Transcribed by Joshua Mackey. |
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| Brown, Irwin E. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 30th Infantry Division | European | Fulton, NY | Interviewed by Julie Palma and Nicole Sherman of the Rome Free Academy Transcribed by Renee Tenace |
| Brown, James Malcolm | Video Transcription |
Male | Vietnam War | US Marine Corps | 533 1st Marine Air Wing 121 2nd Marine Air Wing |
Vietnam | South Glens Falls, NY | Transcribed by Marnie Shaffer |
| Brown, Leslie | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Merchant Marine US Navy | DuPage (Ship: APA-41) | Pacific | Bay Shore, NY | |
| Brown, Terrance "Terry" | Video | Male | Vietnam War Bosnia Persian Gulf War, 1991 |
US Army New York (State). Army National Guard | 101st Airborne Division 506th Infantry |
Vietnam Middle East | Albany, NY | Interviewed by Ken and June Hunter |
| Brueckner, Ned | Video | World War 2 | US Army | Pacific | Hurley, NY | Interviewed by Bill Payne at the Saugerties Veterans of Foreign Wars | ||
| Brundage, John G. | Video | Male | World War 2 Korean War |
US Marine Corps | 1st Division 1st H-S Engineer Battalion |
Pacific | Saratoga Springs, NY | |
| Brundige, Oscar E. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment 82nd Airborne Division 17th Airborne Division |
European | Mechanicville, NY | |
| Brusetti, Albert Mario | Video Transcription |
Male | Vietnam War, | US Army | 1st Infantry Division 196th Light Infantry Brigade |
Vietnam | Buffalo, NY | Transcribed by Emma Conley |
| Bucci, George | Transcription | Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps | Marine Raider Battalion | Pacific | Newburgh, NY? | Transcription only. Interviewed by Michele Starkey for The Sentinel (Orange County, NY) |
| Bucci, Joseph A. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 97th Infantry Division Medical Battalion |
European Pacific | Schenectady, NY | |
| Buccieri, Anthony Joseph | Video | Male | World War 2 Korean War |
US Navy | Tuscaloosa (Ship : CA-37) Woodworth (Ship: DD-450) Heyliger (Ship : DE-510) Buck (Ship: DD-420) |
European Pacific China, Burma, India Korea | Troy, NY | |
| Buck, Lewis | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps | 1st Marine Division 1st Marines |
Pacific | Clinton, NY | Transcribed by Brendan Murphy |
| Buckley, Ray | Video Transcription |
Male | Cold War 1956 - 1964 |
US Army | 4-10th Engineer Brigade | American | Teaneck, NJ | Transcribed by Vusala Aliyeva |
| Buckridge, Marie R. | Video Transcription |
Female | World War 2 | US Army. Women's Army Corps (WACs) | American | NYC | Transcribed by Liz Roscoe | |
| Bulger, Edward J. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Flambeau River | American | Troy, NY | Honor Guard at FDR's funeral Transcribed by Rick Bennett |
| Bulger, Gerald J. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | Orestes (Ship: AGP-10) | Pacific | Cambridge, NY | Transcribed by Shilpa Dudi |
| Bull, Robert Ray | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | European | Boston, MA | Transcribed by Kris Yowtak | |
| Bull, Ruth A. DeCorah | Video | Female | World War 2 | Civilian | American | Rotterdam, NY | ||
| Bump, James | Video Transcription |
Male | Vietnam War | US Army | 5th Infantry Division | Interviewed by Shaker HS Transcribed by Maggie Oldendorf |
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| Burghardt, Albert W | Video Transcription Memoir |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 28th Infantry Division 110th Regiment |
European | Buffalo, NY | Transcribed by Alex Torres |
| Burke, Rosetta Y. | Video Transcription |
Female | 1962 - 1992 | US Army Reserves NY National Guard |
Nurse Corps | Pittsburg, PA | African American General in NY NG Transcribed by Dina Levinson |
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| Burnham, Daniel | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | Corpsman with the Marines | Pacific | Interviewed by Senator Patty Ritchie's office, with an introduction by the Senator. Transcribed by David Hardesty. |
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| Busacker, William | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | American | Utica, NY | Transcribed by Mitchell MacKissock | |
| Bush, Scott D. | Video | Male | Iraq War | US Marines | Havre, MT | |||
| Bushey, Edward Donald | Video Transcription |
Male | Korean War | US Army | 1st Cavalry Regiment 8th Regiment |
Korea | Hudson Falls, NY | Transcribed by Edward Engelbride |
| Buske, Donald | Video Transcription |
Male | World War Two | US Army | 3rd Infantry Division | European | Interviewed by Senator Patty Richie's Office Transcribed by Macaela Rourke |
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| Butkereit, Paul A. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | European Mediterranean | East Rockaway, NY | Transcribed by Daniel Keefe | |
| Butler, Samuel J. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | Continental Advance Section (CONAD) | European | New York, NY | Invasion of Southern France Transcribed by Hannah Seebacher |
| Butler, Tod F. | Video Transcription |
Male | Cold War | Civilian | Troy, NY | Rocket program, Malta, NY Transcribed by Sean Quinn Previously erroneously spelled as 'Todd.' |
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| Butrico, Nicholas F. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 5th Ranger Battalion | European | NYC | Transcribed by Susan Bergmann |
| Butterfield, Clyde | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 8th Air Force | European | Hudson Falls, NY | Interviewed by Hudson Falls H.S. Hudson Falls, NY Transcribed by Justin M Michaud |
| Butterfield, James | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps | Pacific | Group interview by the Hudson Falls HS, War in the Pacific v.2 | ||
| Butterfield, James | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps | Pacific | Interviewed by Hudson Falls HS as part of a panel with his wife Mary and Daniel Lawler. | ||
| Butterfield, Mary | Video | Female | World War 2 | Interviewed by Hudson Falls HS as part of a panel with her husband James and Daniel Lawler. | ||||
| Buttino, Luigi | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Coast Guard | Third Naval District | American | Gloversville, NY | Transcribed by Nicholas Forkeutis |
| Buttino, Luigi | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Coast Guard | Extracted from a compilation of interviews by Assemblyman Marc Butler and the Fulton County Historical Society | |||
| Butz, William Christie | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 6th Armored Division 377th Automatic Weapons Battalion |
European | Lockport, NY | |
| Byer, Joseph E | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 1 | US Army | American | Rochester, NY | ||
| Byrnes, John J., III | Video | Male | Vietnam War, | US Army | Vietnam | Albany, NY | Interviewed by Joseph Anastasioof the Greater Capital Region Teacher Center |