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Name |
Format |
Gender |
Conflict / Years |
Branch |
Unit |
Theater |
Hometown |
Notes |
| Lachover, Harold W. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 4025th Signal Service Group | Pacific | Bronx | |
| Ladd, Floyd Van Deussen | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps | USS Montpelier (CL-57) | Pacific | Schenectady, NY | |
| LaDue (LaDuke?), John | Video | Male | World War 1 | US Navy | Interviewed by Hector Allen of the Mohawk Regional Teachers Center | |||
| LaDue, Melvin G. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps | 6th Marine Division | Pacific | Transcribed by Susan Bergmann | |
| LaFace, Sam Joseph | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 349th Bomb Squadron | European | ||
| LaFrance, Robert E. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps | 3rd Marine Division 21st Regimental Weapons Company |
Pacific | Whitehall, NY | |
| LaHut, Adam J. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 55th Coast Artillery Battalion | Pacific | Troy, NY | |
| Laing, John Harold | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Navy | Pacific | Schenectady, NY | ||
| Lajeunesse, Francis Scott | Video | Male | 1953-1955 | US Navy | Hoosick Falls, NY | |||
| Dr. LaMar, Harmon T. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 65th Signal Battalion | European | Danamora, NY | |
| Lambert, Leo | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | Interviewed by Adam Ganuy (sp?) Transcribed by Morgan Rybak |
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| Lamberti, Nicholas | Video | Male | World War | US Navy | Pacific | Naples, Italy | Interviewed by Jason Harmon of the Chemung County Historical Society | |
| Lanckton, Arnold H. | Video | Male | 1953 - 1958 | US Marine Corps | Pacific | Warsaw, NY | Interviewed by Michele Hays and Bethany Tucker of the Rome Free Academy H.S. | |
| Landecker, George | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 45th Infantry Division 179th Infantry Regiment |
European | Barneveld, NY | Interviewed by Dan DeBruin and Claudio DiMarco of the Rome Free Academy H.S. |
| Landry, Robert "Jake" | Video | Male | Vietnam War | US Army | 9th Infantry Division | 'A joint project of the Library of Congress, The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary 1 (SR), and Shaker High School, Latham, NY.' | ||
| Lang, Clinton Alford | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps | 343rd Marine Scout Bombing Squadron | Pacific | Glen, NY | Transcribed by Jonathan Kaiser |
| Lang, Jack D. | Video | Male | 1964 - 1970 | US Air Force | 3553rd Pilot Training Squadron | American | Buffalo, NY | |
| Lang, Miner Michael | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 38th Infantry Division 113th Infantry Regiment |
European | West Valley | 2001 Interview |
| Lang, Miner Michael | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 38th Infantry Division 113th Infantry Regiment |
European | West Valley | 2002 Interview by Ken and June Hunter |
| Langevoort, William P. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron |
European | Clifton, NJ | |
| Langhorn, James 'Butch' | Video Transcription |
Male | Vietnam War | US Army | Military Assistance Command Vietnam 106th Rescue Wing (NY ANG) |
Southampton, NY | African American Transcribed by Valerie Disiena |
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| Lannigan, James Richard | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | American | |||
| Lannon, James P. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Navy | LST 497 USS Indra (ARL- 37) |
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| Lapinski, Roman S. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 44th Bomb Group 678th Bomb Squadron |
Pacific | Queens, NY | |
| LaPointe, Bruce J. | Video | Male | Vietnam War | US Marine Corps | 3rd Marine Division 3rd Tank Battalion |
Tupper Lake, NY | Interviewed by Chris O'Connell and Carl Watts of Rome Free Academy H.S. Rome, NY | |
| LaPorte, Arthur | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps | 1st & 4th Marine Divsions | Pacific | Hudson Falls, NY | 2005 Interview |
| LaPorte, Arthur | Video Transcription Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps | 1st & 4th Marine Divsions | Pacific | Hudson Falls, NY | Interviewed and transcribed by Hudson Valley HS. |
| Lopardo, Fiorenzo V. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps | 5th Marine Division 28th Marines |
Pacific | Hoosick Falls, NY | Group interview with Wayne Haugh, Fiorenzo V. Lopardo, Jack Tanner, and Russell Whipple. Interviewed by Stephen Lopardo. |
| Lapp, Alfred Francis | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 8th Infantry Division | Brooklyn, NY | ||
| Lardner, Dorothy | Video | Female | World War 2 | Civilian | American | Hudson Falls | Interviewed by Hudson Falls H.S. Hudson Falls, NY | |
| Lasker, Howard J. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 317th Fighter Control Squadron | CBI | Brooklyn, NY | 2001 Interview |
| Lasker, Howard J. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 317th Fighter Control Squadron | CBI | Brooklyn, NY | Interviewed in 2007 by Ken and June Hunter |
| Laskey, James H. Jr. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Hector (AR-7) USS Bellerophon (ARL-31) |
Pacific | Medina, NY | |
| Dr. Lavigne, Richard | Video Transcript |
Male | Vietnam War | US Army | Engineers | Interviewed by Joseph Anastasio of the Greater Capital Region Teacher Center Transcribed by Barb T. |
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| Lavyne, Lester Jacob | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 95th Bomb Group | European | Syracuse, NY | |
| Lawler, Daniel J. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps | 5th Marines | Pacific | Glens Falls, NY | 2005 Interview |
| Lawler, Daniel J. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps | 5th Marines | Pacific | Glens Falls, NY | 2006 Interview by the NYS Military Museum |
| Lawler, Daniel J. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps | 5th Marines | Pacific | Glens Falls, NY | Interviewed in 2007 as part of a panel with James and Mary Butterfield. |
| Lawler, Daniel J. | Transcription | Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps | 5th Marines | Pacific | Glens Falls, NY | 1999 Transcription |
| Lawler, Daniel J. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps | 5th Marines | Pacific | Glens Falls, NY | Group interview by the Hudson Falls HS, War in the Pacific v.2 |
| Lawn, George W. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Navy | YMS-24 | Mediterranean | DuBois, NY | |
| Lawson, Albert L. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | Falkner, NY | Interviewed by the Barker Historical Museum, Fredonia, NY | ||
| Lawton, David | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 32nd Infantry Division | Pacific | Interviewed by the Herkimer Fulton County Historical Society Transcribed by Christian Ray |
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| Lawton David | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 32nd Infantry Division | Pacific | Extracted from a compilation of interviews by Assemblyman Marc Butler and the Fulton County Historical Society | |
| Lazo, Hans | Video | Male | Iraq War | US Army | 310th Military Police Battalion | Interviewed by Chaminade, HS | ||
| Lear, Margaret Doris, nee Alund | Video Transcription |
Female | World War 2 | US Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve (WAVES) | US Anacostia Naval Air Station | American | Watervliet, NY | Transcribed by Valerie Disiena |
| LeBlanc, Ross | Video Transcription |
Male | Vietnam War | US Marine Corps | 3rd Marine Divsion | Portland, ME | Khe Sanh | |
| Lee, William Eugene | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 1 | US Army | 5th Marines | Liverpool, NY | Belleau Woods, Chateau Thierry, Meuse Argonne Interviewed by James P. Casey |
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| Lefebvre, Edward J. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 66th Armored Regiment | European | Cohoes | |
| Lehner, Gerard M. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS The Sullivans (DD-537) USS Snowden (DE-246) |
Jamaica, NY | Interview by Shaker HS in 2002. 'A joint project of the Library of Congress, The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary 1 (SR), and Shaker High School, Latham, NY.' | |
| Lehner, Gerard M. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS The Sullivans (DD-537) USS Snowden (DE-246) |
Jamaica, NY | ||
| Leiding, Betty | Video | Female | World War Two | US Coast Guard | SPARS | 'A joint project of the Library of Congress, The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary 1 (SR), and Shaker High School, Latham, NY.' | ||
| Lemyre, James B. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Zeal (AM-131) | Pacific | New York City | Interviewed at the Saugerties American Legion Hall |
| Leininger, George E. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 8th Air Force | European | Bronx, NY | |
| Leinoff, Ralph J. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Marines | January 2009 Interview by Hudson Falls HS. | |||
| Leinoff, Ralph J. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Marines | 2009 Interview by Hudson Falls HS. | |||
| Leinoff, Ralph J. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Marines | 2010 interview by Jillian Casey | |||
| Lenz, John R. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps | US Marine Corps. Division, 3rd | Pacific | Brooklyn, NY | Interviewed by Chaminade, H. S. Mineola, NY |
| Lentz, Joseph F. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 28th Infantry Division | European | Sand Lake, NY | |
| Leonard, Alice | Memoir | Female | World War 2 | Audio only. Interviewed by the Otego Historical Society |
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| Leonard, Robert Edward | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Navy | 37th Naval Construction Battalion (aka Seabees) | Pacific | Utica, NY | Interviewed in 2009 by Julie Madora (?) of Perry Jr. High |
| Leonard, Robert Ellsworth | Video | Male | World War 2 | Pacific | Utica, NY | |||
| Leone, Anthony F. J. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Navy US Coast Guard | LST 27 (Ship) | European Mediterranean Middle East | Utica, NY | 2001 Interview |
| Leone, Anthony F. J. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Navy US Coast Guard | LST 27 (Ship) | European Mediterranean Middle East | Utica, NY | Interviewed in 1998 by Hudson Falls HS |
| Leone, Anthony F. J. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Navy US Coast Guard | LST 27 (Ship) | European Mediterranean Middle East | Utica, NY | Interviewed by Hudson Falls HS |
| LeRose, Pete | Transcription | Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 199th Gas Supply Company | Pacific | Newburgh, NY | Transcription only. Interviewed by Michele Starkey for The Sentinel (Orange County, NY) |
| Leroux, Bruce T. | Video | Male | Vietnam War | US Navy | USS Newport News (CA-148) | Norwalk, CT | Interviewed by Ken and Jun Hunter | |
| Lesco, Michael | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 205th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (AAA AW) | Pacific | Benscreek, PA | |
| Letko, Peter | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 100th Infantry Division | European | Watervliet, NY | Interviewed by Ken and June Hunter |
| Lettice, Keith | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 95th Fighter Control Squadron | Interviewed by the Herkimer Fulton County Historical Society Transcribed by Alicia O'Brien |
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| Lettice, Keith | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 95th Fighter Control Squadron | Extracted from a compilation of interviews by Assemblyman Marc Butler and the Fulton County Historical Society | ||
| Lettieri, Michael | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) | European | ||
| Leven, Charles | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | Royal Canadian Army | Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada. | European | 'A joint project of the Library of Congress, The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary 1 (SR), and Shaker High School, Latham, NY.' Transcribed by Zachary Cahill |
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| Levey, Edward A. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 508th Military Police Battalion 2913th Overhead Detachment |
European | New York, NY | Transcribed by Sarah Buckley |
| Levine, Norman | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps | 1st Marine Division | Pacific | Brooklyn, NY | |
| Levine, Seymour (Cy) | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | American | New York,NY | Interviewed by Rita Shapiro of the Chemung County Historical Society | |
| Lewis, Clyde A. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 401st Bomb Group | European | Hoquiam, WA | |
| Lewis, Robert | Video | Male | World War 2 | Interviewed at the Saugerties American Legion Hall | ||||
| Liberty, Frances Mary | Video | Female | World War 2 - 1971 | US Army | Army Nurse Corps | Plattsburgh, NY | Bronze Star Interviewed by by Jake Landry is '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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| Liberty, Frances Mary | Video Transcription |
Female | World War 2 - 1971 | US Army | Army Nurse Corps | Plattsburgh, NY | Bronze Star Interviewed by Ken and June Hunter Transcribed by Susan Bergmann |
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| Liebelt, Edward C. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 5th Air Force | Pacific | Amsterdam, NY | |
| Lieberman, Pincus | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | European | Brooklyn, NY | ||
| Lim, Dr. George | Video | Male | World War 2 - 1991 | US Naval Reserve US Army |
42nd Division | New York City | Interviewed by Kristina Johnson and James Calandra of the Rome Free Academy H.S. Rome, NY | |
| Lindberg, Alton | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Navy | Thomas B Robertson (Liberty Ship) | Chautauqua, NY | ||
| Linder, Raymond Joseph | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 22nd Bomb Group 19th Bomb Squadron |
Woodhaven, Queens | ||
| Lindsay, Michelle Renee | Video Transcription |
Female | Iraq War | US Army NY Army National Guard |
42nd Infantry Division 82nd Airborne Division |
Danville, IL | Transcribed by Susan Bergmann | |
| Lindstrom, Frank | Video | Male | World War 2 | Danish Merchant Marines US Merchant Marines |
Brooklyn, NY | Was also in Danish Merchant Marines 1936 - 1937 | ||
| Ling, Mary Ann, nee Schad | Video | Female | 1967 - 1970 | US Army | Chester, PA | |||
| Linnehan, Byron Laszlo | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army NY Army National Guard |
188th Military Police Company 8th Cavalry Regiment |
Hoboken, NY | Transcribed by Sean Block | |
| Lippin, Robert | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 26th Infantry Division 328th Infantry Regiment |
European | Boston, MA | |
| Lisica, Samuel J. | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron |
European | Coraopolis, PA | Group interviewed by Hudson Falls, HS. Includes Earl M. Morrow, Samuel J. Lisica, and Jerome Silverman. Transribed by Susan Bergmann |
| Little, Donald Charles | Video Transcription |
Male | Vietnam War | US Army | 25th Infantry Division | Elmira, NY | Medic Transcribed by Eileen O'Hara |
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| Litz, James Charles | Video | Male | Vietnam War | US Army | 7th Cavalry Regiment | Buffalo, NY | ||
| Livingston, John P. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Navy | Liberty Ships | Pacific | Middle Granville, NY | Interviewed by Ken and June Hunter |
| Lloyd, Garth D. | Video | Male | Vietnam War | US Army | 25th Infantry Division | Ballston Spa, NY | ||
| Locker, Richard James | Video | Male | Korean War | US Navy | USS Loeser (DE-680) USS Strickland (DE-333) |
Schenectady | Interviewed by Ken and June Hunter | |
| Lockwood, Bernard | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 877th Bomb Squadron 499th Bomb Group |
Pacific | Brooklyn, NY | |
| Loitsch, Barbara | Transcription | Female | World War 2 | Civilian | Aircraft spotter | Stamford, NY | Transcript only. Donated by the Otego Elementary School |
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| Lombardo, Corine | Video | Female | Iraq War | US Army NY National Guard |
42nd Division | Schenectady, NY | ||
| Lombardo, Marie A. | Video Transcription |
Female | World War 2 | US Coast Guard | 1st Naval District | American | Cohoes, NY | Duties as a SPAR (Semper Paratus, Always Ready) |
| Long, Joseph A. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Santee (CVE-29) | Pacific | Sidney Center, NY | |
| Longden, Edward 'Frank' | Video | Male | Korean War | US Air Force | 13th Bomb Squadron 3rd Bomb Group |
A joint project of the Library of Congress, The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary 1 (SR), and Shaker High School, Latham, NY.' | ||
| Longe, Frederick J | Video Cruise Diary Memoir |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Wilkes (DD-441) USS Hamul (AD-20) |
Herkimer, NY | ||
| Longway, George | Video | Male | Vietnam War | US Army | 1st Cavalry Division | Vietnam | Newport, RI | Interviewed by the Herkimer County Veteran's Video Project |
| Lonis, Maynard | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Merchant Marine | Hampton Rose (Ship) | Interviewed by Senator Patty Richie's Office Trancribed by Jacob Prescott |
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| Lookerman, William A. (Lockerman?) | Video | Male | Cold War, 1962 - 1992 | US Navy | Holland, NY | Interviewed by Orchard Park HS. | ||
| Loomis, Edward | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Navy | US Navy. Home Guard | Hoosick Falls, NY | Interviewed by Philip Leonard of the Hoosick Falls Historical Society | |
| Loparco, Eugene 'Gene' | Video | Male | Vietnam War | US Air Force | 31st Fighter Wing | Albany, NY | ||
| Loucks, Patricia | Video | Female | World War 2 | Civilian | European | England | Interviewed by Hudson Falls H.S. Hudson Falls, NY | |
| Loucks, Taylor Daisy | Video | Female | World War 2 | Home Front | European | England | Interviewed by Hudson Falls H.S. Hudson Falls, NY | |
| Lounsbury, Albert Reynolds | Video | Male | 1946 - 1947 | US Army | 7th Infantry Division | Korea | Hurleyville, NY | |
| Love, Harry W. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron |
European | ||
| Love, Howard Mason | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Case (DD-370) USS Skylark (ASR-20) |
Athens, NY | Pearl Harbor survivor | |
| Lovecchio, John R. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 6th Cavalry Regiment | European | Holley, NY | |
| Loveridge, Harold Raymond | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | Charles A Stafford (Ship: USAHS) | West Sand Lake | Interviewed by Ken and June Hunter | |
| Lovett, David Edward | Video Transcription |
Male | Vietnam War - 1990 | US Army | 27th Engineer Battalion 531st Military Intelligence Detachment |
Syracuse | Transcribed by Andrew Marro | |
| Lowell, Stanley | Video Memoir Memoir Transcript |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron |
European | Brooklyn, NY | Memoir transcribed by Jerrie Hinchman |
| Lowman, Robert | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Merchant Marine | USS Burrows (DE-105) | Interviewed by Orchard Park H.S., Orchard Park, NY | ||
| Lucas, Theodore | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 450th Bomb Group 720th Bomb Squadron |
Mediterranean | Hoosick Falls, NY | Interviewed by Philip Leonard of the Hoosick Falls Historical Society Transcribed by Kodi Sprague |
| Lucca, Francis S. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Burrows (DE-105) | Buffalo, NY | ||
| Luck, Edwin | Video Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 105th Infantry Regiment 27th Infantry Division |
Pacific | Albany, NY | Saipan Transcribed by Terry Thompson |
| Ludeman, William H. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Navy | Pacific | |||
| Ludwiczak, Chester | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Navy | Santa Rosa (SS-2169) | Interviewed by Julie Madora of Perry Junior HS | ||
| Luhmann, John Henry | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Navy | 8th Fleet Air Wing 6th Fleet Air Wing |
American | Poughkeepsie, NY | |
| Lukasiewic, Ignatius Francis 'Luke' | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron |
European | Brooklyn, NY | |
| Lumsden, Charles L. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps | 25th Marine Aircraft Group | Pacific | Buffalo, NY | |
| Lupini, Rando | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 208th Combat Engineers | European | Trieste, Italy Frankfort |
Interviewed by the Herkimer Fulton County Historical Society |
| Lupini, Rando | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 208th Combat Engineers | European | Trieste, Italy Frankfort |
Extracted from a compilation of interviews by Assemblyman Marc Butler and the Herkimer County Community College |
| Luzinas, Edward C. | Video Memoir |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 710th Tank Battalion | Pacific | Amsterdam, NY | |
| Lynch, Edward J. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 1090th Engineer Utility Company | Kirkland, NY | ||
| Lyons, Kevin Patrick | Video | Male | Iraq War | US Army | 3rd Cavalry Regiment | |||
| Lyons, William Callahan | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 124th Transportation Battalion |