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| Name | Format | Gender | Conflict / Years | Branch | Unit | Theater | Hometown | Notes | |
| D'Angelo, Anthony S. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 1st Armored Division 47th Medical Battalion |
Mediterranean Middle East |
Brooklyn, NY | Kasserine Pass | |
| D'Arco, Alfred | Transcription | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 443rd AAA Weapons Bn | European | Interviewed by Michele Starkey | ||
| D'Arpino, Anthony John | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | US Army. Infantry Division, 87th US Army. Infantry Regiment, 347th |
European | Voorheesville, NY | Interviewed by the Herkimer Fulton County Historical Society | |
| D'Arpino, Anthony John | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | US Army. Infantry Division, 87th US Army. Infantry Regiment, 347th |
European | Voorheesville, NY | Extracted from a compilation of interviews by Assemblyman Marc Butler and the Herkimer County Community College | |
| Daley, George James, Jr. | Video Audio Autobiography |
Male | World War 2 and Korea | US Navy | USS John Penn (APA) | Spring Lake, NJ | |||
| Danna, Samuel J. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 9th Air Force | European | Salt Lake City, Utah | Interviewed by Thomas Mailey of the Chemung County Historical Society | |
| Dare, Robyn Luther | Video Audio Tranascription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 7th Infantry Division | Pacific | Counter Intelligence Transcribed by Susan Bergmann |
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| Darling, Frank Milton | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 38th Armored Infantry Regiment 7th Armored Division |
European | Ballston Spa, NY | Transcribed by Susan Bergmann | |
| Darling, Helen Jean Couch | Video Audio Transcription |
Female | World War 2 | US Naval Women's Reserve (WAVES) | American | Ithaca, NY | Interviewed by Robert Guzman of the Chemung County Historical Society | ||
| Dart, Clarence W. | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 79th Fighter Group 99th Fighter Squadron |
European | Elmira, NY |
Afriican-American fighter pilot |
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| Daub, Gerald M. | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 100th Infantry Division 397th Infantry Regiment |
European | Upper Grandview, NY | Prisoner of War Additional Information Transcribed by Barb Tyler |
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| Davendonis, Peter | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 27th Infantry Division 105th Infatnry Regiment |
Pacific | Hoosick Falls, NY | Interviewed by Philip Leonard of the Hoosick Falls Historical Society Transcribed by Michael Runko |
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| Davendonis, Walter | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | SS Kentuckian (ID 1544) | Atlantic Pacific |
Hoosick Falls, NY | Interviewed by Philip Leonard of the Hoosick Falls Historical Society Transcribed by Raphael Pierson Sante |
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| David, Allen Ray | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 536th Tractor Battalion | Pacific | Schenectady, NY | Transcribed by Whitney Hallett | |
| Davidovich, Michael | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 82nd Airborne Division | European | Orchard Park, NY | Interviewed by Orchard Park High School | |
| Davidson, Carlton Earl | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | Army Transport Service | Brooklyn, NY | Transcribed by Payton Ferreira | ||
| Davie, Kathleen Mary, Rev., nee Owen | Video Audio Transcription |
Female | World War 2 | Royal Navy | Women's Royal Naval Service (WREN) | European | London, England | Interviewed in 2006 by Hudson Falls, HS. Transcribed by Susan Bergmann |
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| Davie, Kathleen Mary, Rev., nee Owen | Video Audio Transcription |
Female | World War 2 | Royal Navy | Women's Royal Naval Service (WREN) | European | London, England | Interviewed in 2009 by the NYS MM Transcribed by Susan Bergmann |
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| Davies, Sherwood | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | SHAEF | European | Troy, NY | Transcribed by Michael Levan | |
| Davis, Bernard J. | Video Audio Biography |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 81st Airdrome Squadron | European | Utica, NY | Interviewed by James Seaton and Anthony Carvelli of Rome Free Academy H.S., Rome, NY | |
| Davis, Carlton | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Lexington (CV-16) USS Yorktown (CV-10) |
Pacific | Whitehall, NY | Carrier pilot Interviewed by the Historical Society of Whitehall, NY |
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| Davis, Herbert 'Lee' | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | Carney, NJ | Transcribed by Corey Buckley | |||
| Davison, Barbara J., nee Bevan | Video Audio |
Female | Cold War, 1960 - 1968 | US Naval Reservie | USNR Nurse Corps | Albany, NY | Inteviewed by Ken and June Hunter | ||
| Dean, John E. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | Broadwater (Ship : APA-139) | Pacific | Bow, NH | Interviewed by Jim Carozza of the Chemung County Historical Society | |
| Deane, Stephen Thomas | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | Korean War | US Army | 1st Infantry Division
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European | Hudson, NY | Inteviewed by Ken and June Hunter Transcribed by Valerie Disiena |
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| DeCelle, Arthur | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | Interviewed at the Saugerties American Legion Hall Transcribed by Maddie Winter |
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| Decker, Charles Lorenzo | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 13th Bomber Command | Pacific | Penn Yan, NY | Aerial gunner on a B-24 | |
| DeCorse, Anthony R. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Merchant Marine | George G. Meade (ship) Louis Bamberger (ship) |
Atlantic | Buffalo, NY | Liberty Ships | |
| Deeb, Peter | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 1st Ranger Battalion | Mediterranean | Buffalo, NY | ||
| DeFichy, Louis | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 1st Air Force | China-Burma-India | New York City | Air Transport Transcribed by |
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| Deitz, Raymond Charles | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Forces | 15th Air Force | European | Brooklyn, NY | Transcribed by Tatsuya Hondo | |
| Del Percio, Henry J. | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 57th Bomb Wing | Mediterranean | Corona, NY | Transcribed by Bill Heaphy | |
| Dellerba, John P. | Video Audio |
Male | Cold War, 1962 - 1964 | European | Utica, NY | Interviewed by Kayla Costello and Brandy Kozlowski of the Rome Free Academy H.S., Rome, NY | |||
| Delor, Daniel E. | Video Audio |
Male | Vietnam War | US Army | Americal Division | Rhinebeck, NY | |||
| DeLuca, Albert | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | Korean War | US Army | Interviewed by Philip Leonard of the Hoosick Falls Historical Society Transcribed by Elle Connelly |
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| DeLuca, Jerry | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 30th Infantry Division | Pacific | Hoosick Falls, NY | Interviewed by the Hoosick Falls Historical Society Transcribed by Julio Eleazar Rodriguez |
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| DeLuca, Jerry | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 30th Infantry Division | Pacific | Hoosick Falls, NY | Transcribed by Julio Eleazar Rodriguez | |
| DeMicco, Angelo Bernard | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 4th Infantry Division | European | Mechanicville, NY | D-Day | |
| Dempsey, James R. | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | Mediterranean | Queensbury, NY | Interviewed by Hudson Falls H.S. Hudson Falls, NY Transcribed by Theodore Snyder |
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| Denegar, Harold Russell | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 6th Coast Artillery | American | Hudson, NY | Transcribed by Amanda Bink | |
| Denegar, Katherine G. | Video Audio Transcription |
Female | World War 2 | US Army | 165th Station Hospital | Pacific | Youngstown, OH | Transcribed by Chelsea Clarkson | |
| Denholm, George Albert | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | LCM 50 | Pacific | Johnston, Scotland U.K. | Interviewed by Dan De Bruin and Claudio Di Marco of the Rome Free Academy H.S., Rome, NY | |
| DeNisco, Anne Marie, nee Cypress | Video Audio Transcription |
Female | 1984 - 2004 | US Army | 426th Supply and Transport Battalion | Buffalo, NY | Transcribed by Shea Patton | ||
| Dennin, Frederick S. | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 106th Infantry Division 442nd Infantry Regiment |
European | Canton, NY | POW Transcribed by Barb Tyler |
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| Dennis, Stephen | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | Pacific | Stillwater, NY | |||
| Denton, Richard | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 1st Special Service Force | European | Elmira, NY | Interviewed by Marlene Zecca of the Chemung County Historical Society | |
| Denton-Smith, Sylvia | Video Audio |
World War 2 | Civilian | Home Front | Interviewed by the Chemung County Historical Society | ||||
| DePasquale, Bernard W. 'Bernie' | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | 1974 - 1990 | US Navy | Lackawanna, NY | Interviewed by Tyler Mathews, Brandon Scofield, and Joe Jacobs of Orchard Park, H.S. Orchard Park, NY Transcribed by Jason Utter |
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| DePasquale, Laurie | Video Audio Transcription |
Female | Iraq War, 2003- | US Army | Interviewed by Orchard Park, H.S. Orchard Park, NY Transcribed by Brea Garahan |
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| DePaul, Leon Fred | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | Patrol Squadron V.P.B. 208 | Pacific | Newport, RI | ||
| Depew, Frank | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | Pacific | Glens Falls, NY | Saipan | ||
| Depew, Patricia | Video Audio |
Female | Vietnam War | Civilian | Shared information on CWO James Butler | ||||
| Derrenbacher, John P. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Intrepid (CV-11) USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) |
Pacific | New York, NY | Naval Aviator | |
| DeSalvio, Alfonse A. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Izard (DD-589) | Pacific | Rome, NY | Interviewed by Austin Olney and Chris Mcquinn of the Rome Free Academy | |
| DeSantis, Vincent J. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | American | Glens Falls, NY | |||
| Desrosiers, Robert | Video Audio |
Male | Persian Gulf War, 1991 | US Army | 22nd Support Command | Hartford, CT | Career officer | ||
| Dessert, Norman Bernard | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps | 2nd Marine Division | Pacific | Coventry, RI | Saipan | |
| Deutsch, Nicholas | Video Audio |
Male | Vietnam War | US Army | Whitehall, NY | ||||
| DeVoe, Shirley Donna | Video Audio Transcription |
Female | World War 2 | US Women's Army Corps (WACs) | Pacific | Buffalo, NY | Interviewed by the University of Buffalo, Nursing Program Chief Nurse Transcribed by Morgyn LeClaire |
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| DeVoe, Shirley Donna | Video Audio Transcription |
Female | World War 2 | US Women's Army Corps (WACs) | Pacific | Buffalo, NY | 2006 Inteview Chief Nurse Transcribed by Morgyn LeClaire |
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| Dewey, Joseph | Video Audio |
Male | Vietnam War | US Army | 42nd Infantry Division | Glens Falls, NY | Helicopter Repairman | ||
| Diamond, Joseph | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | Civilian | European | Auschwitz survivor | |||
| Dib, Theofiel F. | Video Audio |
Male | Vietnam War | US Navy | USS Enterprise | Brooklyn, NY | |||
| DiBlasi, John | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | Vietnam War | US Army | Interviewed by Joseph Anastasio of the Greater Capital Region Teacher Center Transcribed by Benjamin Drennan |
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| Dichiera, Daniel P. | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | Iraq War, 2003- | US Army | 331st General Hospital | New Hartford, NY | Interviewed by Jordan,McNamara and Jay Olney of Rome Free Academy Transcribed by Todd Demers |
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| Diederich, Michael David, Sr. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron |
European | Chicago, IL | Nose Gunner | |
| Diehl, Charles A. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Manta (SS-299) USS Springer (SS-419) |
Pacific | Secaucus, NJ | ||
| Dietsch, Eli L. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | San Francisco, CA | ||||
| DiFiore, Augustine, J. | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War Two | US Army | 166th Combat Engineers | European | Yonkers, NY | ||
| Diller, Burton F. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 12th Armored Division | American | Buffalo, NY | Interviewed by Orchard Park, H.S., Orchard Park, NY | |
| DiMarco, Raymond N. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 1st Infantry Division | European | Rochester, NY | Normandy | |
| Dinder, Henry | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 299th Engineer Battalion | Europe | Niagara Falls, NY | D-Day, Normandy Transcribed by James Norris |
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| Dinova, Samuel Rocco | Video Auido Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 27th Infantry Division 105th Infantry Regiment |
Troy, NY | 27th Division group interview with 8 veterans Transcribed by Susan Bergmann |
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| Dinova, Samuel Rocco | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 27th Infantry Division 105th Infantry Regiment |
Pacific | Troy, NY | Bazai Attack Transcribed by Susan Bergmann |
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| DiPalma, Emilio J. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 1st Infantry Division 79th Infantry Division |
European | Springfield, MA | ||
| DiPelesi, James L. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy US Merchant Marine |
Brooklyn, NY | Interviewed by Charles Sferra of Shaker High School A joint project of the Library of Congress, The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary 1 (SR), and Shaker High School, Latham, NY |
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| DiPietra, Dante C. | Video Audio Transcribed |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron |
European | Long Island City, NY | Transcribed by Valerie DiSiena | |
| DiPofi (DiPofi), Joseph | Video Audio |
Male | Haiti occupation, 1922 -1925 | US Marine Corps US Naval Reserve | Haiti | El Chicano, Italy | |||
| D'Ippolito, Sal | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | Vietnam WAr | US Army | 25th Infantry Division 11th Cavalry Regiment |
Group interview with Margaret Gunderson, George Baranowski, Jr., Sal D'Ippolito and Hal Silverstein. VHS, MPG, MP4 and MP3 filed under Silverstein, Hal. Transcribed by Valerie Disiena |
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| Dobbins, Paul J. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 83rd Infantry Division 331st Infantry Regiment |
European | Columbus, OH | ||
| Dolan, Marie, nee Snow | Video Audio Transcription |
Female | World War 2 | US Marine Corps | American | Elmira, NY | Interviewed by the Chemung County Historical Society Transcribed by Sarah Seth-Larbie |
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| Dominelli, Joseph | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 29th Infantry Division | European | Schenectady, NY | D-Day | |
| Dommell, Merle L. | Memoir | Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 15th Air Force Air Transport Command |
China-Burma-India | Buffalo, NY | ||
| Donaher, Edward | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 Korean War |
US Navy | USS Valcour (AGF-1) | A joint project of the Library of Congress, The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary 1 (SR), and Shaker High School, Latham, NY. | |||
| Donlon, Robert M. | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | Korean War | US Navy | USS Robert F. Keller (DE-419) | Cohoes, NY | A joint project of the Library of Congress, The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary 1 (SR), and Shaker High School, Latham, NY. Transcribed by Garret Monast |
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| Doran, Kenneth T. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | New York National Guard US Army Air Forces |
105th NY NG Infantry Regiment 458th Bomb Group |
European | Hartford, CT | Interviewed by Samuel Crevatas of Christ The King School | |
| Dorsey, Stephen R. | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 60th Infantry Division 271st Infantry Regiment |
European | West Islip, NY | POW Transcribed by Rajen Somwaru |
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| Dow, John G. | Video Audio |
Male | Vietnam War | Civilian | Manhattan | Interviewed by Joseph Anastasio for the Greater Capital Region Teacher Center | |||
| Doyen, Joseph P. , III | Video Audio |
Male | Vietnam War | US Army | 361st Aviation Company | Cincinnati, OH | |||
| Doyna, William 'Bill' Steven (Stephen?) | Video Audio |
Male | Vietnam War | US Air Force | 45th Reconnaissance Squadron 49th Fighter Squadron |
Brooklyn, NY | Interviewed by Nick Bush and Phil Urtz of Rome Free Academy H.S., Rome, NY | ||
| Drabczyk, Edward L. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 30th Infantry Division | European | Niagara Falls, NY | 2001 Interview | |
| Drabczyk, Edward L. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 30th Infantry Division | European | Niagara Falls, NY | 2002 Interview | |
| Drapalski, Louis C. | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Pintado (SS-387) | Pacific | Cohoes, NY | Transcribed by Daniel Keefe | |
| Drenick, Rudolf F. | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 9301st Technical Service Unit | American | Harrisburg, PA | Transcribed by Stephanie Fortino Gonzalez | |
| Dressler, Edward | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | LST 137 | European | Bronx, NY | D-Day Transcribed by Tyler Kelly |
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| Drexelius, Herbert A., Jr. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 84th Infantry Division 335th Infantry Regiment |
European | Boston, NY | Interviewed by Orchard Park H.S., Orchard Park, NY | |
| Driscoll, George | Video Audio |
Cold War | US Air Force | Interviewed by Philip Leonard of the Hoosick Falls Historical Society | |||||
| Dubois, Alton A. , Jr. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 1711th Engineer Operating Railway Battalion | Middle East | Portchester, NY | ||
| Duell, Albert | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | Cold War, 1952 - 1955 | US Army | 364th Field Artillery Battalion | American | Lake George, NY | Transcribed by Kostin Galusha | |
| Duerr, Richard D. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 303rd Bomb Group | European | Tonawanda, NY | POW | |
| Dumas, Floyd | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 45th Infantry Division 179th Infantry Regiment |
Mediterranean | Malone, NY | POW Interviewed by Hudson Falls HS in 1999 |
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| Dumas, Floyd | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 45th Infantry Division 179th Infantry Regiment |
Mediterranean | Malone, NY | Interviewed by the NYS Military Museum in 2004 | |
| Duncan, Coleman Connolly | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 493rd Bomb Group 861st Bomb Squadron |
European | Cairo, NY | POW Interviewed by Ken and June Hunter |
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| Dunham, Marge | Video Audio Transcription |
Female | World War 2 | Civilian | Interviewed by Hudson Falls HS Part of a Group Interview |
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| Dupra, Lyle E. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | LST 606 | Pacific | Champion, NY | ||
| Dutko, John Louis | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS John Brown (B-4611) | Weirton, WV | Served on a Liberty Ship Transcribed by Patrick O'Connor |
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| Duvall, James 'Jed' | Video Audio |
Male | Vietnam War | US Navy | Durham, NC | ||||
| Duvall, Richard | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 Korean War |
US Army | 8174th Signal Company | Pacific | Kilmer, NY | Cryptographer | |
| Dwyer, John | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) USS Baldwin (DD-624) |
Pacific | Hoosick Falls, NY | Interviewed by the Hoosick Falls Historical Society Transcribed by Elisabeth Good |
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| Dwyer, Robert E. | Video Audio |
Male | Vietnam War | US Air Force | 7th Airborne Command and Control Squadron | San Antonio, TX | Interviewed by Orchard Park HS | ||
| Dygert, William C. | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Miami (CL-89) | Pacific | Herkimer, NY | Interviewed by the Herkimer Fulton County Historical Society Transcribed by Misty Straus |
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| Dygert, William C. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Miami (CL-89) | Pacific | Herkimer, NY | Extracted from a compilation of interviews by Assemblyman Marc Butler and the Herkimer County Community College | |
| Dytman, John W. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 351st Bomb Group, | European | Elmira, NY | Interviewed by Maureen Reynolds of the Chemung County Historical Society | |
| Dziedzic, Joseph | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | Vietnam War | US Air Force | Herkimer, NY | Interviewed by the Herkimer Fulton County Historical Society Transcribed by Marnie Shaffer |