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Name |
Format |
Gender |
Conflict / Years |
Branch |
Unit |
Theater |
Hometown |
Notes |
| Pafundi, David John | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 705th Engineer Petroleum Distribution Company | Mediterranean | Brooklyn | |
| Paine, Leland Francis | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps | 5th Marines | Pacific | Paint Rock, NY | Interviewed by Ben Gazda of the Rome Free Academy H.S. Rome, NY |
| Palangi, Anthony J., Sr. | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | Interviewed by Hudson Falls HS Transcribed by Sabrina Achan |
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| Palesh, Elmer Frank | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS San Diego (CL-53) | Pacific | Buffalo, NY | |
| Pallozzi, Guido G. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 45th Infantry Division 157th Infantry Regiment |
Waterford, NY | ||
| Palmer, Bennett J. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 36th Infantry Division | Holland | ||
| Palmer, Herbert J. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | European | Glens Falls, NY | Interviewed by Amy Palmer of Hudson Falls High School | |
| Palmer, Nelson | Video Audio |
Male | Cold War | US Naval Reserve | Dunkirk, NY | Interviewed by the Barker Historical Museum, Fredonia, NY | ||
| Paolini, Alfonso A. | Video Audio Autobiography Biography Ballad to |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | XV Corps | European | Buffalo, NY | |
| Papa, Michael J. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | European | Brooklyn, NY | ||
| Paquette, Felix Marcel | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 78th Infantry Division 307th Field Artillery Battalion |
European | Bradford, NY | |
| Paquette, Nancy Patricia | Video Audio |
Female | 1978 - 1998 Persian Gulf War |
US Air Force | Willimantic, CT | |||
| Paratore, Anthony J. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 301st Engineer Combat Battalion | European | New York City | |
| Parente, Ralph William | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Delta | Long Island City, NY | Interviewed by Brother Larry Syriac of Chaminade, H. S. Mineola, NY | |
| Paretti, Edward | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | European | Hastings on Hudson, NY | ||
| Parillo, Paschal Joseph | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | Naval Air Station, 3245 | Pacific | Susquehanna, PA | |
| Parker, Alvin M. | Video Audio |
Male | 1960 - 1966 | US Marine Corps | 1st Air Wing | Buffalo, NY | ||
| Parker, Robert Earl | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 97th Bomb Group 414th Bomb Squadron |
European | Springwater, NY | Transcribed by Carol Quirk |
| Parkinson, John Edward | Video Audio |
Male | Korean War | US Marine Corps | USS Bexar (APA-237) USS Navaro: (APA-215) USS Fremont (APA-44) |
Petersburgh, NY | Bronze Star | |
| Parkinson, William Sterrett | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | Pacific | Pittsburgh, PA | ||
| Parlato, Lucian C. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 345th Infantry Regiment | European | Buffalo, NY | |
| Parmenter, Michael J. | Video Audio |
Male | 1987 - 2007 | US Navy | USS Lewis & Clark(SSN-644) USS Ticonderoga (SSN-606) |
Waverly, NY | Interviewed by Ken and June Hunter | |
| Pascucci, Edward A. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 63rd Infantry Division | European | Oswego, NY | Interviewed by Ashely Coon of Rome Free Academy |
| Pasquale, Michael | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps | 1st Marine Division | Pacific | Interviewed by Hector Allen of the Mohawk Regional Teachers Center | |
| Patera, Paul C. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 33rd Infantry Division 475th Infantry Regiment |
China, Burma, India | Bellmore, NY | |
| Patire, Cruce "Rocky" | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | European | Hoosick Falls, NY | Interviewed by Philip Leonard of the Hoosick Falls Historical Society | |
| Patrie, Donald L. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Tate (AKA-70) | |||
| Pattison, John Royce | Video Audio |
Male | 1950 - 1953 | US Naval Reserve | American | |||
| Paul, Jeanne, nee Kahn | Video Audio Transcription |
Female | World War 2 | US Army (WACs) | 106th Evacuation Hospital | European | Brooklyn, NY | |
| Paul, Lawrence P., Jr. | Video Audio Memoir |
Male | World War 2 Korean War Vietnam War |
US Army Air Forces US Air Force |
398th Bomb Group | European | Buffalo, NY | |
| Pavlik, Richard 'Red' | Transcription | Male | Cold War | US Navy | USS Morovia: (APA-31) | Newburgh, NY | Transcription only. Interviewed by Michele Starkey for The Sentinel (Orange County, NY) |
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| Pawlak, Sigmund Stanley | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Ringness (APD-100) | Pacific | Buffalo, NY | Interviewed by Orchard Park HS, Orchard Park, NY |
| Pawlinga, Louis | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 27th Infantry Division | Pacific | Peekskill, NY | Interviewed by Kristen Scanlon and Kevin May of Rome Free Academy, Rome, NY Transcribed by Valerie Disiena |
| Payne, William | Video Audio |
Male | Vietnam War | US Marine Corps | Astoria, NY | Interviewed by Bill Payne at the American Legion Post, Saugerties, NY | ||
| Paynter, Byron | Video Audio |
Male | Vietnam War | US Army | Bloomington, IN | |||
| Peachman, Al | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | Interviewed by Hudson Falls H.S., Hudson Falls, NY | |||
| Peak, William Arnold | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | Cohoes, NY | |||
| Pearl, Robert G. | Video Audio |
Male | Korean War | US Army | Interviewed by Ashley Cross and Louell Valentine at SUNY Plattsburgh | |||
| Pearlman, Herbert | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron |
European | Bronx, NY | |
| Pearsall, Richard P | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | Pacific | Long Island, NY | 2009 Inteview | |
| Pearsall, Richard P | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | Pacific | Long Island, NY | Interviewed by Hudson Falls H.S. Hudson Falls, NY | |
| Pearsall, Richard P | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | Pacific | Long Island, NY | Group interview by Hudson Falls H.S. Hudson Falls, NY | |
| Peck, Andrew Stevens | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | Mediterranean | |||
| Pedersen, Gunnar George F. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 101st Military Police Battalion 814th Military Police Company |
Pacific | Chicago, IL | |
| Peel, Virginia | Video Audio |
Female | World War 2 | US Navy | Winchester, NY | Interviewed by Amy Klockowski and Katie Gomez of Rome Free Academy, Rome, NY | ||
| Peer, Bruce David | Video Audio |
Male | Vietnam War | US Navy | Interviewed by Thomas Mailey of the Chemung County Historical Society | |||
| Peinkofer, Joseph S. | Video Audio |
Male | Korean War | US Army | 532nd Signal Construction Company | Buffalo, NY | ||
| Pellegrino, Frank A. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | European | Niagara Falls, NY | ||
| Pelosi, Robert F. | Video Audio |
Male | Korean War | US Marine Corps | 1st Marine Division 5th Marines |
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| Pendas, Gerard G., Jr. | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | Korean War Vietnam War |
US Marine Corps | 1st Marines | Colonie, NY | Chosin Reservoir, 2 Bronze Stars Transcribed by Sean Quinn |
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| Penney, George and Helen, nee Cinebell | Video Audio Transcription |
Male Female |
World War 2 | US Army Air Force US Army. Women's Army Corps (WACs) |
9th Bomb Group (George) 56th Hospital Company (Helen) |
Pacific American |
Oak Park, IL Glasford, IL |
Interviewed by Tom Miller of the Chemung County Historical Society Transcribed by Valerie Disiena |
| Penrose, Edward James | Video Audio |
Male | Korean War | US Army | 47th Infantry Regiment | Rochester, NY | ||
| Pensack, Thomas Edwin | Video Audio |
Male | 1971 - 1979 | US Air Force | Phillipsburg, NJ | Interviewed by Ken and June Hunter | ||
| Pepe, Frank | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps | Pacific | Watertown, NY | Interviewed by Senator Patty Ritchie's office, with an introduction by the Senator. | |
| Pepper, Max | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron |
European | Syracuse, NY | |
| Perez, Manuel | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 30th Infantry Division 126th Infantry Regiment |
European | Ogdensburg, NY | POW Transcribed by Daniel Keefe |
| Perrella, Albert J., Jr. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 9th Infantry Division | European | Bleecker, NY | Interviewed by the Herkimer Fulton County Historical Society |
| Perrella, Albert, Jr. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 9th Infantry Division 47th Infantry Regiment |
Extracted from a compilation of interviews by Assemblyman Marc Butler and the Fulton County Historical Society | ||
| Perryman, Horace R., Jr. | Video Audio |
Male | Vietnam War | US Army | Gloversville, NY | African American Interviewed by Ken and June Hunter |
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| Person, Francis Herbert | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 91st Infantry Division 343rd Infantry Regiment |
European | Voorheesville, NY | Interviewed by Ken and June Hunter |
| Persons, Ralph H. , Jr. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 1st Engineer Special Brigade | European | Schenectady, NY | |
| Pesesky, Bernice Milburn | Video Audio |
Female | World War 2 | US Army. Women's Army Corps (WACs) | 70th General Hospital | North Africa Italy Mediterranean | Shoshoni, Wyoming | Interviewed by Rita Shapiro of the Chemung County Historical Museum |
| Peters, Arthur Shepard | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | North Africa European |
Jackson, NY | ||
| Petersen, Martin | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | LSM 293 | Pacific | Port Jefferson, NY | |
| Petsche, John E. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 98th Infantry Division | Pacific | Brooklyn, NY | |
| Pettersen, Ed | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | Pacific | Interviewed by Hudson Falls H.S. Hudson Falls, NY | |||
| Phillips, Donald K. | Video Audio |
Male | Korean War | US Army | 108th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment | Korea | Utica, NY | Interviewed by Mike O'Connor and Tom Knudsen of the Rome Free Academy H.S. Rome, NY |
| Phillips, Gene A. , Jr. | Video Audio |
Male | Vitenam War | US Marine Corps | 3rd Marine Division | Schenectady, NY | ||
| Phillips, Robert B. | Video Audio |
Male | Vietnam War | US Marine Corps | 1st Shore Party Battalion | Vietnam | Oriskany, NY | Interviewed by of the Rome Free Academy |
| Phillips, Seeley McCombs | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 7th Portable Surgical Hospital 84th Station Hospital |
Pacific | Succasunna, NJ | |
| Phillips, Thomas Alan | Transcription | Transcription only | ||||||
| Pickert, Harold | Video Audio |
Male | World War 1 | US Army | 6th Infantry Divsion | Interviewed by Hector Allen of the Mohawk Regional Teachers Center | ||
| Pierce, Edwin | Video Audiio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 43rd Infantry Division | Pacific | Canton, NY | Interviewed by Senator Patty Ritchie's office, with an introduction by the Senator. |
| Pierce, Frank | Video Audio |
World War 2 | US Army | Mediterranean | Interviewed by Philip Leonard of the Hoosick Falls Historical Society | |||
| Pietrofere, John T. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 3606th Ordnance Company | Pacific | Interviewed by Chaminade, H. S., Mineola, NY | |
| Pifko, George | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 99th Bomb Group 248th Bomb Squadron |
European | Brooklyn, NY | Interviewed by Herkimer County Community College Transcribed by Michael Grogan |
| Pifko, George | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 99th Bomb Group 248th Bomb Squadron |
Extracted from a compilation of interviews by Assemblyman Marc Butler and the Fulton County Historical Society | ||
| Pifko, Theodora | Video Audio |
World War 2 | Civilian | Herkimer Fulton County Historical Society | ||||
| Pigeon, Roland B. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 Korean War |
US Army | Interviewed by Orchard Park H.S., Orchard Park, NY | |||
| Pikula, Michael S. | Video Audio |
Male | Vietnam War | US Army | 25th Infantry Division | Interviewed by Orchard Park H.S., Orchard Park, NY | ||
| Pinto, Lawrence M. | Video Audio Transcript |
Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps | Landing Force Air Support Control 800th MP Bn |
Interviewed by Chaminade, H. S., Mineola, NY Transcribed by Claudia Canniff |
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| Pirrone, Joseph D., Jr. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 92nd Bomb Group 446th Service Squadron |
European | Buffalo, NY | |
| Pittala, Robert Arnold | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Helm (DD-388) | |||
| Plackis, Nicholas G. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 390th Bomb Group | European | ||
| Plunkett, Donald | Transcription | Male | 1965 - 1988 | US Army | 532nd Military Police Company | Transcription only. Interviewed by Michele Starkey for The Sentinel (Orange County, NY) |
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| Podgorski, Joseph A. | Video Audio |
Male | Vietnam War | US Army | 22nd Replacement Battalion | Interviewed by Orchard Park H.S., Orchard Park, NY | ||
| Pollard, Edward W. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | China, Burma, India | Interviewed by Ken and June Hunter | ||
| Pollicino, Joe | Transcription | Male | Vietnam War | US Marine Corps | 5th Marine 1st Marine Division |
Albany, NY | Fireteam leader Inteviewed by Sean Quinn |
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| Poczatek, Stephen | Video Audio |
World War 2 | US Army | 426th Medical Battalion | Interviewed by the Herkimer County Veteran's Video Project | |||
| Poczatek, Stephen | Video Audio |
World War 2 | US Army | 426th Medical Battalion | Extracted from a compilation of interviews by Assemblyman Marc Butler and the Herkimer County Community College | |||
| Pomeroy, Robert L. | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | Office of Strategic Services (OSS) | Transcribed by Susan Bergmann | ||
| Porter, Leonard Allen | Video Audio |
Male | Korean War | US Amry | 43rd Infantry Division 172nd Infantry Regiment |
Montpelier, VT | ||
| Portner, Ernest Leigh | Video Audio |
Male | 1953 - 1955 | US Army | 705th Ordnance Battalion | Interviewed by Rome Free Academy H.S., Rome, NY | ||
| Potanovic, John | Video Audio Memoir 1 Memoir 2 |
World War 2 | Interviewed by George Potanovic, Jr. | |||||
| Potts, Roy | Transcription | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 77th Infantry Division 307th Infantry Regiment |
Pacific | Fulton, NY | Interviewed by David Pierce Transcription only |
| Potvin, Rene Joseph | Video Audio |
Male | Cold War | US Navy | USS Asheville (PG-84) | Interviewed by Ken and June Hunter | ||
| Powers, Bruce R. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | 13th Naval Combat Demolition Unit (UDT) | Brooklyn, NY | ||
| Pratt, George Prince | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 - 1953 | US Navy | USS Saipan (CVL-48) USS Little Rock (CL-92) |
Schuylerville, NY | Interviewed by Ken and June Hunter | |
| Pratt, John B. | Video Audio Transcription Diary |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Group |
European | Utica, NY | Interviewed by Rome Free Academy H.S. Rome, NY Transcribed by Tatsuya Hondo Diary from 384th Bombardment Group (Heavy) |
| Pray, Dellouise 'Della' | Video Audio |
Male | 1984 - 2004 Persian Gulf War |
US Air Force | Interviewed by Rome Free Academy H.S. Rome, NY | |||
| Preputnik, Michael S. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 464th Bomb Group | European | Freeland, PA | Interviewed by Rome Free Academy H.S. Rome, NY |
| Price, Robert | Video | Male | Vietnam War | US Army | 22nd Infantry Regiment (Mech) | Queens, NY | ||
| Primeau, Raymond E. | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | 1980 - 1993 | US Army | 25th Infantry Division | Cohoes, NY | Transcribed by Chrisitan Rohlehr | |
| Printsky, Frank John | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Murphy (DD-603) USS Somers (DD-381) |
European | Troy, NY | |
| Prior, Raymond Howard | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Marine Corps | Pacific | Syracuse, NY | Stationed on Midway Island 1992 interview by the National Parks Service |
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| Prior, Raymond Howard | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Marine Corps | Pacific | Syracuse, NY | Stationed on Midway Island 2001 Interview |
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| Pritchard, Mata Elizabeth, nee Barth | Video Audio |
Female | World War 2 | US Army Nurse Corps | 115th General Hospital 82nd General Hospital |
European | Iowa | |
| Pryor, Robert (Bob) | Video Audio |
World War 2 | US Army | 4th Division, | Interviewed by the Herkimer County Veteran's Video Project | |||
| Pryor, Robert (Bob) | Video Audio |
World War 2 | US Army | 4th Division, | Extracted from a compilation of interviews by Assemblyman Marc Butler and the Herkimer County Community College | |||
| Puccio, Sylvester "Syl" | Video Audio |
World War 2 | US Navy | Interviewed by the Rome Free Academy H.S. Rome, NY | ||||
| Purdy, Robert A. | Video Audio |
Male | Korean War | US Army | 519th Military Police Battalion | Poughkeepsie, NY | ||
| Purtill, Robert E. 'Gus' | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 504th Bomb Group 421st Bomb Squadron |
Pacific | Buffalo, NY | 'A joint project of the Library of Congress, The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary 1 (SR), and Shaker High School, Latham, NY.' |
| Pusatere, Frank R. | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 27th Infantry Division 105th Infantry Regiment |
Pacific | Troy, NY | Wounded in action on Saipan Transcribed by Maggie Oldendorf |
| Pusatere, Frank R. | 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 |
| Putorti, John | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Walker (DD-163) | Pacific | Buffalo, NY |