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Name |
Format |
Gender |
Conflict / Years |
Branch |
Unit |
Theater |
Hometown |
Notes |
| Gabriel, Anthony J., Jr. | Video Audio |
Male | Korean War | US Army | 9th Infantry Division 167th Corps Support Command |
Korea | Little Falls, NY | Interviewed by the Herkimer Fulton County Historical Society |
| Gabriel, Anthony J., Jr. | Video Audio |
Male | Korean War | US Army | 9th Infantry Division 167th Corps Support Command |
Korea | Little Falls, NY | Extracted from a compilation of interviews by Assemblyman Marc Butler and the Herkimer County Community College |
| Gabriel, Edward | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 992nd Air Material Squadron 317th Troop Carrier Group |
Pacific | Easton, NY | Transcribed by Anthony Mastroianni |
| Gaeth, Arnold C. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 4th Armored Division | European | Tonawanda, NY | |
| Galka, Emil | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 'A joint project of the Library of Congress, The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary 1 (SR), and Shaker High School, Latham, NY.' | |||
| Gallager, Richard Alan | Video Audio |
Male | 1955 - 1961 | US Navy | USS Grand Canyon (AD-28) | Mediterranean | Albany, NY | Interviewed by Ken and June Hunter |
| Gallagher, Francis X. | Video Audio |
Male | 1957 - 1960 | US Army | 2nd Armored Division | New York, NY | Interviewed by Ken and June Hunter | |
| Galligan, James K. 'Jim' | Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 3rd Infantry Divsion 15th Infantry Regiment |
Mediterranean | Saratoga Springs, NY | Interviewed by LTC Ronald Millis Audio file only. |
| Galway, Arthur | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 3rd Armored Division | Granville, NY | ||
| Gamble, Raymond J. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Thurston (AP-77) USS Brill (ADA-65) |
Philadelphia, PA | ||
| Gaponiuk, Daniel , Jr. | Video Audio |
Male | Korean War | US Marine Corps | USS Willard Keith (DD-775) | Passaic, NJ | ||
| Gardella, John C. | Video Audio |
Male | Korean War | US Army | 23rd Infantry Regiment 2nd Infantry Division |
Korea | Brooklyn, NY | Interviewed by Chaminade, H. S. Mineola, NY |
| Gardiner, Robert | Video Audio |
Male | Korean War | US Army | Smith's Landing, NY | Interviewed by Bill Payne at the American Legion Post, Saugerties, NY | ||
| Gardinier, Burrell | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | Interviewed by Hector Allen of the Mohawk Regional Teachers Center Transcribed by Marci Zebrowski |
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| Garen, Joseph G. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | 3rd Marine Division | Pacific | Bay Shore, NY | |
| Garland, Robert S. | Video Audio |
Male | Korean War Vietnam War |
US Army | 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) |
Albany, NY | Psychological warfare | |
| Gaudet, Joseph Anthony | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Sarita (AKA-39) | Pacific | Albany, NY | Interviewed by Ken and June Hunter |
| Gavryck, Chester D. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 8th Air Force | European | Albany, NY | |
| Geertsen, John T. | Video Audio Transcription Memoir |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 808th Engineer Battalion 5th Air Force |
Pacific | Scotia, NY | Built airfields on New Guinea Transcribed by Maggie Oldendorf |
| Gellen, Irwin | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Maritime Service | Brooklyn, NY | Transcribed by Drew Christner | ||
| Genthner, Donald M. | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | American | Saugerties, NY | Interviewed by Bill Payne of the American Legion Post in Saugerties, NY Transcribed by Breanna Snyder |
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| George, Kenneth | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | American | Albany, NY | Transcribed by Jenna Lazorischak | |
| Gendron, Fernand | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | PTO | Herkimer Fulton County Historical Society | ||
| Gendron, Fernand | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | Extracted from a compilation of interviews by Assemblyman Marc Butler and the Fulton County Historical Society | |||
| German Officer Corps, | Video Audio |
World War 2 | Germany. Heer. | Guest lecturer in Prof. Paul Schulte's American History, 20th Century (HIS-204) class, Genesee Community College | ||||
| German, Ron | Video Audio |
Male | Desert Storm | US Army | 452nd General Hospital | Pittsburgh, PA | Interviewed by Perry Junior High School, New Hartford, NY | |
| Gersten, Gerald | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron |
European | ||
| Gettings, Michael J. | Video Audio |
Male | Vietnam War | US Army | 1st Aviation Brigade | Buffalo, NY | ||
| Geurtze, Donald | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 10th Mountain Division | Mediterranean | Delmar, NY | |
| Giammalvo, Anthony T. | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Euryale (AS-22) | Pacific | Brooklyn, NY | Transcribed by Conor Clune |
| Giardino, Vincent F. | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 3rd Infantry Division, 7th Infantry Regiment |
European | Rome, NY | Interviewed by Rome Free Academy, Rome, NY Transcribed by Joe Stewart |
| Giarraputo, Dominic | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | Interviewed at the Saugerties American Legion Hall | |||
| Gibault, Harris | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 14th Air Force | China-Burma-India | Saratoga Springs, NY | |
| Gibbs, Frank E. , Jr. | Video Audio Transcription Memoir |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 106th Infantry Division 818th Tank Destroyer Battalion |
European | Syracuse, NY | Prisoner of War Interview transcribed by Andrew Moretti Memoir transcribed by Jerrie Hinchman. |
| Gibson, Dr. John A. | Video Audio |
Male | Cold War 1974 |
US Air Force US Army Reserve | American | Chester, PA | Interviewed by Rita Shapiro of the Chemung County Historical Society | |
| Gibson, William F. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | Cambridge, NY | Interviewed by Rita Shapiro of the Chemung County Historical Society | ||
| Gigante, Mario R. | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | Korean War | US Army | 2nd Armored Division | Bronx, NY | Interviewed by Scott Campbell of the Rome Free Academy H.S. Rome, NY Transcribed by Karyn Skiba |
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| Gillman, Robert James | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 456th Bomb Group 745th Bomb Squadron |
European | Mountaintop, PA | Interviewed by Orchard Park H.S., Orchard Park, NY |
| Gilbert, John Richard 'Jack' | Video Audio |
Male | Korean War | US Army | 24th Engineer Construction Group | Binghamton, NY | Interviewed by Rome Free Academy H.S. Rome, NY Sound is very faint. |
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| Gilchrist, Arthur | Video Audio |
Male | Persian Gulf War | US Air Force | Military Airlift Command 92ndAir Refueling Squadron |
Syracuse, NY | Interviewed by Rome Free Academy H.S., Rome, NY | |
| Ginsberg, Abraham | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 490th Bomb Group | European | New York, NY | |
| Girardi, Frank J. | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Massachusetts (BB-59) | Naples, Italy | Transcribed by Rick Bennett | |
| Glazer, Sherwin I. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron |
European | Syracuse, NY | |
| Globerson, Joseph | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | Air Transport Command | Schenectady, NY | Transcribed by Kostin Galusha | |
| Glowaski, Edward J | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | LST 1005 | Pacific | New York, NY | Transcribed by Daniel Varvaro |
| Glynn, Allan Fenton | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | Vietnam War, 1961-1975 | US Army | 25th Infantry Division | Bronx, NY | Transcribed by Kolby Kanellis | |
| Glynn, J. Leo | Transcription | Male | World War 2 | US Navy | SS James L. Breck (Ship) | European | Newburgh, NY |
Transcription only. |
| Goffredo, Angelo J. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Missouri: (BB-63) | Schenectady, NY | Interviewed by Ken and June Hunter | |
| Goggin, Lloyd James | Video Audio |
Male | Korean War Vietnam War |
US Navy US Air Force |
USS Reina Mercedes ( IX-25) USS Newport News (CA-148) 10th Aerospace Defense Squadron |
Cairo, NY | ||
| Gold, Leonard | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 9th Air Force | European | New York, NY | P-51 pilot |
| Golden, David E. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | NY National Guard US Army |
714th Tank Battalion 12th Armored Division |
European | Albany, NY | Interviewed by Senator Patty Ritchie's office, with an introduction by the Senator. |
| Golden, Joseph H., Sr. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | Mediterranean | Whitehall, NY | ||
| Goldenberg, Richard | Video Audio |
Male | Iraq War | NY National Guard US Army |
42nd Division | Schuylerville, NY | ||
| Goldman, Robert Warren | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Charles Carroll (APA-28) | New York, NY | ||
| Goldsborough, William E., Sr. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | Pacific | Philadelphia, PA | ||
| Goldsmith, Nate | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | Civilian | Saratoga Springs, NY | Interviewed with wife Rosalind Goldsmith and Dr. Leo Hoge. Mini-DVs, DVDs and video files are filed under Goldsmith_Nate | ||
| Goldsmith, Rosalind | Video Audio |
Female | World War 2 | Civilian | Saratoga Springs, NY | Interviewed with husband Nate Goldsmith and Dr. Leo Hoge. Mini-DVs, DVDs and video files are filed under Goldsmith_Nate | ||
| Goldstein, Irving | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | 6th Beach Naval Battalion LCI 85 (Ship) |
First wave at Omaha Beach | ||
| Goldstein, Lawrence | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 Korean War |
US Army Air Forces US Air Force |
388th Bomb Group United States. 563rd Bomb Squadron |
European | Brooklyn, NY | |
| Goldstein, Stanley | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 482nd Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group |
European | Brooklyn, NY | 2009 Interview Interviewed at the Saugerties American Legion. POW |
| Goldstein, Stanley | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 482nd Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group |
European | Brooklyn, NY | POW 2010 Interview |
| Goodale, Thomas R. | Video Audio |
Male | Vietnam War | US Army | Interviewed by the Richfield Springs High School | |||
| Goodfellow, Douglas Robert | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | Iraq War | US Marines | 8th Marines | Syracuse, NY | Interviewed by Lauren Meany and Charli Ronan of Plattsburgh State University Transcribed by Lomfang Carey |
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| Gorczyca, Leon M. | Video Audio |
Male | Korean War | US Army | 7th Infantry Division | Lackawanna, NY | ||
| Gordon, Armond | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | 1955 - 1957 | US Army | 11th Airborne Division | Transcribed by Jenna Lazorischak | ||
| Gordon, Patricia | Video Audio |
Female | World War 2 | Civilian | Interviewed by Whitehall Public Library | |||
| Gordon, Paul Norman | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | ||||
| Gordon, Richard M. | Video Audio History |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 31st Infantry Division | Pacific | History by Ameer Poonawala | |
| Gordon, Stanley R. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 22nd Bomb Group 33rd Bomb Squadron |
Pacific | Amsterdam, NY | |
| Gorham, John Arthur | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron |
European | Stillwater, NY | |
| Gotham, Charles T. | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 491st Bomb Group 855th Bomb Squadron |
European | Potsdam, NY | Interviewed by Jim Carozza of the Chemung County Historical Society Transcribed by Susan Bergmann |
| Goudeau, Earl F. | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 11th Armored Division | European | Cohoes, NY | Transcribed by Ryan Deso |
| Gove, Edward A. | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | Vietnam War | US Army | 76th Tank Battalion 173rd Airborne Division |
Plattsburgh, NY | Transcribed by Sydney Jerome | |
| Graney, Bernard | Video Audio Transcription |
World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 452nd Bomb Group | European | Hoosick Falls, NY | Interviewed by Philip Leonard of the Hoosick Falls Historical Society Transcribed by Noah Marek. |
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| Granoff, Clement | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Naval Reserve | Chester (Ship : CA-27) | Pacific | Jersey City, NJ | Interviewed by Rita Shapiro of the Chemung County Historical Society |
| Grant, Harold C. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | Pacific | Altamont, NY | ||
| Grasso, Sebastian R., Sr. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Cebu (ARG-6) USS Blue (DD-744) |
European | Brooklyn, NY | D-Day |
| Gray, Cornelius L. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 Korean War Vietnam War |
US Army | 7th Infantry Division 11th Armored Cavalry Division |
Troy | Office of Strategic Services (OSS) | |
| Gray, James | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | Vietnam War | US Air Force | 8th Strategic Air Command | Ballston Spa, NY | Transcribed by Lauren Soulia and Michael Cantoria | |
| Greczynske, Alan J. | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | 1973 - 1976 | US Coast Guard | Interviewed at the American Legion Post, Saugerties, NY | Transcribed by Jordan Newman | ||
| Greczynski, Walter | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | Interviewed at the American Legion Post, Saugerties, NY | Transcribed by Collin Catman | ||
| Green, Edith | Video Audio Transcription |
Female | World War 2 | Civilian | Interviewed by Hudson Falls HS Part of a Group Interview |
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| Green, Edith | Video Audio |
Female | World War 2 | Civilian | Interviewed by Hudson Falls HS | |||
| Green, George H. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Merchant Marine | Liberty Ships | Ellenville, NY | ||
| Green, Jay Q. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | Sub Chaser (SC-648) | Greenwich, NY | ||
| Green, Kenneth | Video Audio |
Male | Vietnam War | US Marine Corps | 6th Marines 4th Marines |
Newburgh, NY | Interviewed by the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor | |
| Green, Kenneth | Transcription | Male | Vietnam War | US Marine Corps | 6th Marines 4th Marines |
Newburgh, NY | Transcription only. Interviewed by Michele Starkey for The Sentinel (Orange County, NY) |
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| Green, Robert | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | Pacific | Interviewed by Senator Patty Richie's Office Transcribed by Heidi Holdridge Frantz |
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| Greenberg, Albert | Video Audio Flight log |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | European | |||
| Greene, Charles E., Jr. | Video Audio |
Male | 1956 - 1977 | US Air Force | Schenectady, NY | Fighter Pilot Interviewed by Joseph Anastasio of the Greater Capital Region Teacher Center |
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| Greene, Jerome M. 'Jerry' | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army US Navy |
LSM-246 SC-1018 |
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| Greene, Richard (Dick) | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 1st Infantry Division | European | Baldwinsville, NY | Wounded at Normandy on D-Day Interviewed by the Baldwinsville Messenger and the Baldwinsville Public Library Transcribed by Misty Straus |
| Greenfield, George | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 142nd Army Airways Communications System | Pacific | Orange, NJ | |
| Greenfield, Milton L., Jr. | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | Vietnam War | US Navy | USS Howard W Gilmore (AS-16) USS Noxume (AOG-96) |
Albany, NY | Transcribed by Susan Bergmann | |
| Greening, Robert | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Balch (DD-363) USS Massachusetts (BB-259) |
Pacific | Farmingdale, NY | |
| Greenwood, William | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Apollo (AS-25) | Pacific | Hoosick Falls, NY | Interviewed by the Hoosick Falls Historical Society Transcribed by Alexa Clouthier |
| Grey, William Edward, Sr. | Memoir | Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 406th Bomb Group 897th Bomb Squadron |
European | Saratoga Springs, NY | |
| Grieve, Marvin M. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 319th Bomb Group 437th Bomb Squadron |
Mediterranean | New York City | |
| Griffin, Daniel David | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | Korean War | US Navy | USS Higbee (DDR-806) | Corning, NY | Transcribed by Alexis Bagramian | |
| Griffin, Joyce | Video Audio Transcription |
Female | World War 2 | A.T.S. (Auxiliary Territorial Service) | South Wales | European | Interviewed by Hudson Falls H.S. Hudson Falls, NY Transcribed by Valerie Disiena |
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| Griffith, Emlyn I. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | Mobile Air Service Command | Pacific | Utica, NY | |
| Griffith, Florence Leta Cornish | Video Audio Transcription |
Female | World War 2 | US Army | Nurse | European American | Statten Island, NY | Interviewed by Marlene Zecca of the Chemung County Historical Society Transcribed by |
| Griffiths, Robert Harold | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | European | Voorheesville, NY | ||
| Grinaldo, Nicholas H. | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 27th Division 105th Regiment |
Pacific | Troy, NY | 2001 Interview Banzai attack on Saipan Transcribed by Ben Stoline |
| Grinaldo, Nicholas H. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 27th Division 105th Regiment |
Pacific | Troy, NY | 2002 Interview Banzai attack on Saipan |
| Grinaldo, Nicholas H. | Video Auido Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 27th Infantry Division 105th Infantry Regiment |
Pacific | Troy, NY | 27th Division group interview with 8 veterans Transcribed by Susan Bergmann |
| Grisanti, Russel J. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 52nd Troop Carrier Wing | European | ||
| Grogan, John L. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 7th Air Force | Pacific | Kingston, NY | |
| Groskin, Jack | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps | 4th Marine Division 23rd Marines |
Pacific | Syracuse, NY | Transcribed by Dawson Rigg |
| Gross, Julius (Jay) | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron |
European | Bronx, NY | |
| Grosselfinger, Burt | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | Mediterranean | Joint lecture at Chaminade High School with John T. Keegan. | ||
| Group Interview, 27th Division Veterans, | Video Audio Transcription |
World War 2 | US Army | 27th Division 105th Regiment |
Pacific | Transcribed by Susan Bergman | ||
| Groves, Helen | Audio Memoir Memoir Transcription |
Female | World War 2 | Civilian | Otego, NY | Audio only. Interviewed by the Otego Historical Society Memoir transcribed by Carol Reppard |
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| Groves, Robert LaFollett | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 509th Military Police Battalion | European | Oneonta, NY | Transcribed by Nick Woods |
| Grozzo, Stephen W. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | 17th Special Construction Battalion (SeaBees) | Pacific | Mechanicville, NY | |
| Gruner, Ralph Joseph | Video Audio |
Male | 1946 - 1949 | US Navy | USS Merrick: (AKA-97) | |||
| Gubala, Frank J. | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | Vietnam War | US Army | 7th Armored Division | Ransomville, NY | Transcribed by Alex Mueller | |
| Guenther, Dr. Walter P. | Video Audio |
Male | Vietnam War | German Army | 371st Infantry Division | European | ||
| Gummoe, Neal I. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 89th Infantry Division | European | Aldenville, PA | Interviewed by Jason Harmon of the Chemung County Historical Society |
| Gundersen, Margaret | Video Audio Transcription |
Female | Vietnam War | US Air Force | 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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| Gunn, Richard N. Sr. | Video Audio |
Male | World War Two | US Army | 31st Infantry Division 124th Infantry Regiment |
Pacific | Bronx, NY | |
| Gurney, Henry F. | Video Audio |
Male | Vietnam War | US Army | 104th Infantry Division 414th Infantry Regiment |
Whitehall, NY | ||
| Gusberti, Robert Alan | Video Audio |
Male | Vietnam War | US Navy | USS Isherwood (DD-520) USS Lamson (DD-367) |
Whitehall, NY |