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Name |
Format |
Gender |
Conflict / Years |
Branch |
Unit |
Theater |
Hometown |
Notes |
| Rabbitt, Robert John | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 29th Infantry Division 3058th Quartermaster Grave Registration Company |
Interviwed by Chaminade, H. S. Mineola, NY | ||
| Rabideau, Harold Clarence | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron |
European | Malone, NY | |
| Radin, Edward 'Ed' | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | Airborne | Ozone Park, NY | Interviewed by the American Legion Post, Saugerties, NY | |
| Raiello, Anthony | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | Pacific | Interviewed by Hector Allen of the Mohawk Regional Teachers Center | ||
| Raino, Benjamin N. | Video Audio |
Male | 1952 - 1956 | US Air Force | Whitehall, NY | |||
| Ralston, Christopher J. | Video | Male | Vietnam War | US Marines | 26th Marines | Vietnam | Schenectady, NY | Purple Heart |
| Ramos, Ismael M. | Video Audio |
Male | 1952 - 1977 Korea and Vietnam |
US Army US Air Force |
2nd Infantry Division 416th Combat Support Group |
Interviewed by Rome Free Academy H.S., Rome, NY | ||
| Randall, Fred A. | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | NY National Guard US Army |
1st Infantry Division | Schenectady, NY | Transcribed by David Burlingame | |
| Randles, Joseph L. , Jr. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 333rd Bomb Group 504th Bomb Group |
Pacific | Glens Falls, NY | |
| Ransom, Debbera Maria | Video Audio |
Female | 1976 - 1976 | US Army | 11th Military Police Battalion 8th Infantry Division |
Buffalo, NY | African American soldier | |
| Rapp, James Matthew 'Jim' | Video Audio |
Male | Korean War | US Air Force | Buffalo, NY | |||
| Rapp, Wilson | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 467th Bomb Group 98th Bomb Group |
Rochester, NY | Narrated by his daughter Suzanne Straus. | |
| Rasp, Paul C. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | James Hill (Liberty Ship) USS Kasaan Bay (CVE-69) |
Buffalo, NY | Interviewed by Orchard Park, H.S., Orchard Park, NY | |
| Raszcewski, John | Transcription | Male | 1963 - 1967 | US Air Force | 91st Bomb Wing | Transcription only. Interviewed by Michele Starkey for The Sentinel (Orange County, NY) |
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| Ratigan, William H. | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army US Marine Corps |
1st Marine Air Wing | Served in the US Army 1947 - 1950. Served in the US Marine Corps 1951-1954. Transcribed by Damian Green |
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| Raynsford, Wayne S. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 84th Infantry Division | European | Voorheesville, NY | 2000 Interview |
| Raynsford, Wayne S. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 84th Infantry Division | European | Voorheesville, NY | 2007 Interview |
| Razzano, Louis James | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | American | Interviewed by Timothy Quick and Samantha Vernold of Rome Free Academy H.S., Rome, NY | ||
| Reaboy, Morris | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe. (SHEAF) | European | New York, NY | 'A joint project of the Library of Congress, The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary 1 (SR), and Shaker High School, Latham, NY.' |
| Redanty, Joseph | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | European | Transcribed by Tatsuya Hondo | ||
| Reed, Dr. Carlton | Video Audio |
World War 2 | European | Interviewed by Philip Leonard of the Hoosick Falls Historical Society | ||||
| Reed, John L. | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | Korean War | US Army | 773rd Tank Battalion 330thCommunication Reconnaissance Company |
Saratoga Springs, NY | Transcribed by Daniel Keefe | |
| Reeves, Charles W. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 487th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion (AAA AW) 383rd AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion (AAA AW) |
Pracifc | ||
| Reeves, Richard B. | Video Audio |
Male | 1969 - 1975 | US Navy | USS Archer Fish (SSN-678) | |||
| Reggero, Franklin | Transcription | Transcription only. Interviewed by Michele Starkey for The Sentinel (Orange County, NY) |
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| Regis, David | Video Audio |
Male | 1953 - 1955 | US Army | Hudson Falls, NY | |||
| Reid, Frances | Video Audio |
Female | World War 2 | US Army | 267th Field Hospital | Plattsburgh, PA | ||
| Dr. Reid, Robert | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | Medical Corps | Interviewed by Kayla Smith of Hudson Falls HS | ||
| Reid, William Everertt | Video Audio |
Male | Korean War | US Air Force | 75th Air Depot Wing 366th Fighter Wing |
Fort Plain, NY | ||
| Reinhardt, Ed (Edward) | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | Interviewed by the Baldwinsville Messenger and the Baldwinsville Public Library | ||||
| Reinhart, Shirl Thonas | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | LST 518 LST 907 |
Elmira, NY | ||
| Reis, Vincent R. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 389th Bomb Group | Mediterranean | ||
| Reith, Clayton | Video Audio |
Korean War | US Army | 45th Infantry Division | Interviewed by the Herkimer County Veteran's Video Project | |||
| Rella, Anthony | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | Neosho (Ship: AO-143) Waller (Ship: DD-446) Presidio (Ship: APA-88) |
Interviewed by of the Rome Free Academy | ||
| Renfro, Edward R. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron |
European | Santa Anna, CA | |
| Reppenhagen, Robert | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | Office of Strategic Services (OSS) | Transcribed by Daniel Keefe | ||
| Rice, Charles | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Detroit (CL-8) | Pacific | Glens Falls, NY | |
| Rice, Richard A. | Memoir | Male | 1955 - 1957 | US Army | 505th A.A.A. Missile Battalion | |||
| Rickey, John Joseph | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 392nd Bomb Group | European | Brooklyn, NY | |
| Riddett, Edward F. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | LCI 686 LST 1025 |
Pacific | ||
| Riggs, Emily Bayly Bayly ? | Video Audio |
Female | World War 2 | US Navy | ||||
| Riley, Joseph E. | Video Audio |
Male | Korean War - 1958 | US Air Force | 452nd Bomb Wing 730th Bomb Squadron |
Utica, NY | Interviewed by Rome Free Academy H.S., Rome, NY | |
| Riley, Peter E. | Video Audio |
Vietnam War | US Marine Corps | 3rd Division 9th Marines |
Latham, NY | Interviewed by Roy McDonald | ||
| Ringlehan, John David | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 451st Bomb Group 456th Bomb Group |
European | Campbell Hall, NY | Interviewed by Rome Free Academy H.S., Rome, NY |
| Ringvall, Neal T. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 301st Bomb Group 353rd Bomb Group |
European | Valhalla, NY | |
| Ritgers, Forest | Video Audio |
Male | Vietnam War | US Army | 22nd Infantry Regiment 9th Infantry Regiment |
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| Ritz, Joseph W. | Video Audio Memoir |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | Americal Division (23rd) 721st Ordnance Light Maintenance Company |
Pacific | ||
| Rivard, Paul | Video Audio |
World War 2 | US Navy | Pacific | Interviewed by Philip Leonard of the Hoosick Falls Historical Society | |||
| Rizzo, Frank | Video Audio |
World War 2 | US Navy | Interviewed by the Barker Historical Museum, Fredonia, NY | ||||
| Rizzo, Henry | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Chase (DE-158/APD-54) | Schenectady, NY | 'A joint project of the Library of Congress, The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary 1 (SR), and Shaker High School, Latham, NY.' | |
| Rizzo, Thomas S. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron |
European | Avon, NY | |
| Roach, John Faunce, MD | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Lexington (CV-16) | Pacific | Boston, MA | |
| Roberge, Joseph P. | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 398th Bomb Group | Transcribed by Daniel Keefe | ||
| Roberts, Arthur W. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Oneida (APA-221) | Pacific | Utica | |
| Roberts, Julian L. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | ||||
| Robichaud, Joseph A. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 45th Infantry Division 180th Infantry Regiment |
Mediterranean | Fitchburg, MA | |
| Robinson, Arthur Thomas | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 27th Infantry Division 105th Infantry Regiment |
Pacific | Ballston Spa, NY | Wounded in action on Saipan Transcribed by Angela Yang |
| Robinson, Chester G. | Video Audio |
Male | 1961 - 1964 | US Navy | USS Newport News (SSN-750) | Buffalo, NY | ||
| Robinson, Nelson | Video Audio |
Vietnam War | US Army | 9th Logistical Command | Interviewed by Heather Carmody and Emily Johnson of the Rome Free Academy H.S. Rome, NY | |||
| Robson, John F. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Princeton (CVE-23) | Pacific | Camden, NY | Interviewed by Rome Free Academy H.S., Rome, NY |
| Roby, Carl L. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Arkansas (BB-33) | European | Elmira, NY | |
| Rockowitz, Edward and Jean | Transcription | World War 2 | US Army | Americal Division (23rd) 57th Engineer Combat Battalion |
New York, NY | Essay written by their grandson Brian Rockowitz There was no 59th Engineers in the Americal Division. |
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| Rockwell, Kenneth | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 718th Railway Operating Battalion | European | Interviewed by the Hoosick Falls Historical Society Transcribed by Mary Veronese |
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| Rockwell, Kenneth | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 718th Railway Operating Batallion | European | Extracted from a compilation of interviews by Assemblyman Marc Butler and the Fulton County Historical Society | |
| Rodd, Gary Wayne | Video Audio |
Male | Vietnam War | US Marine Corps | 26th Marines | Amsterdam, NY | ||
| Roden, | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | V Corps (5th) | European | Brooklyn, NY | |
| Rodriguez, Manuel | Video Audio |
Male | Korean War | US Army | Engineer Combat Battalion | New York, NY | ||
| Roe, Arden Earl | Video Audio |
Male | Korean War - Vietnam War | US Navy | 2nd Amphibious Construction Battalion 40th Mobile Construction Battalion |
Round Lake | ||
| Roge, Frederick W. | Video Audio Essay |
Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps | 4th Marine Division 25th Marines |
Pacific | New York, NY | Essay is titled 'Emotions under Fire' |
| Rogers, Anthony 'Tony' | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 4th Armored Division | European | Hoosick Falls, NY | 2003 interview by Philip Leonard of the Hoosick Falls Historical Society |
| Rogers, Anthony 'Tony' | Video Audio Division History |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 4th Armored Division | European | Hoosick Falls, NY | 2004 Interview by the NYS Military Museum |
| Rogers, Donald S. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 34th Infantry Division 133rd Infantry Regiment |
Mediterranean | Buffalo, NY | |
| Rogers, Gertrude M. | Video Audio |
Female | World War 2 | US Coast Guard | SPARS | American | Castleton, NY | |
| Rogers, Richard Benson | Video Audio Memoir |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 468th Bomb Group 792nd Bomb Squadron |
Pacific | Bay City, MI | |
| Rolf, Edward F. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | AMerican | |||
| Roller, Carl G. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Fitch (DD-462 / DMS-25) | Pacific | Buffalo, NY | Interviewed by Rome Free Academy |
| Rollo, William | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron |
European | Buffalo, NY | |
| Romberg, Robert E. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron |
Bridgeport, CT | ||
| Roods, George Arthur | Video Audio |
Male | Vietnam War | US Marine Corps | 16th Marine Aircraft Group 2nd Marine Observation Squadron |
Schenectady, NY | ||
| Rooney, Kathlyn E. | Video Audio |
Female | 1972 - 1977 | US Army | SHAEF | Saratoga Springs, NY | ||
| Rosa, Andrew F. | Video Audio |
Male | 1960 - 1962 | US Army | 724th Ordnance Battalion | Margaretville, NY | ||
| Rosa, William Kennedy | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 35th Infantry Division 134th Infantry Regiment |
European | Atlantic City, NY | 2004 Interview by Herkimer Fulton County Historical Society |
| Rosa, William | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 35th Infantry Division 134th Infantry Regiment |
Extracted from a compilation of interviews by Assemblyman Marc Butler and the Fulton County Historical Society | ||
| Rosa, William Kennedy | Video Audio Memoir |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 35th Infantry Division 134th Infantry Regiment |
European | Atlantic City, NY | 2004 Interview NYS Military Museum |
| Rose, Raymond | Video Audio |
Male | Vietnam War | US Air Force | Glens Falls, NY | Intervieed by the Historical Society of Whitehall, NY | ||
| Rose, Roger C. | Video Audio |
Male | 1957 - 1965 | US Marine Corps | USS Olmstead (Ship: APA-188) USS Lake Champlain (CV-39) |
Utica, NY | Lebanon and Cuban Missle Crisis Interviewed by Ralph Perry Junior High School |
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| Rosen, Hymen 'Hy' Joseph | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 604th Engineer Camouflage Battalion | European | Albany, NY | |
| Rosenmann, Leon | Video Audio Nordhausen Footage |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 3rd Armored Division, 3rd 165th Signal Photo Company, |
European | Nordhausen (Mittelbau-Dora) Concentration camp | |
| Rosenberg, Irving | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 24th Hospital Train | European | Brooklyn | |
| Rosenfield, Todd | Video Audio |
Male | 1990 - Iraq War | US Army | 492nd Civil Affairs Battalion | Iraq | Framingham, MA | Interviewed by Ken and June Hunter |
| Rosenthal, Harry | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Alcor (AD-34) USS Bayfield (APA-33) |
Brooklyn, NY | ||
| Rositano, Joseph 'A. 'Joe' | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | Interviwed by Amanda Phelps of Ralph Perry Jr. High, New Hartford, NY | |||
| Rosner, Seth | Video Audio |
Male | 1956 - 1959 | US Navy | USS Intrepid (CV-11) | New Rochelle, NY | ||
| Ross, Gerald | Video Audio |
World War 2 | US Navy | Dixie (Ship: AD-14) | Pacific | Whitehall, NY | 2003 Interview by NYS Military Museum | |
| Ross, Gerald | Video Audio |
World War 2 | US Navy | Dixie (Ship: AD-14) | Pacific | Whitehall, NY | Interviewed with Anthony Leone by Hudson Falls H.S., Hudson Falls, NY | |
| Ross, John Andrew | Video Audio |
Male | 1996 - Iraq War | US Army NY Army National Guard |
105th Infantry Regiment 108th Regiment |
Troy, NY | ||
| Rossi, Anthony F. | Video Audio Memoir |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Princeton (CVL-23) | Albany, NY | ||
| Rossman, Orval Arthur | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 4th Armored Division 24th Armored Engineer Battalion |
European | Wellsville, NY | |
| Roth (Rothstein), Jerome Henry | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 447th Bomb Group | European | Bronx, NY | |
| Roth, Seymour | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron |
European | New York, NY | |
| Rothblatt, Edith | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Coast Guard | SPARS | American | New York, NY | |
| Rothstein, Andrew | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 32nd Infantry Division 128th Infantry Regiment |
Pacific | Queens, NY | |
| Rousseau, Joseph A. | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | 1948 - 1952 | US Army | Hoosick Falls, NY | Interviewed by the Hoosick Falls Historical Society Transcribed by David Huse |
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| Rowell, Donald L. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | Glens Falls, NY | Interviewed by Hudson Falls H.S. Hudson Falls, NY | ||
| Rowland, Ila Taylor | Video Audio |
Female | World War 2 | US Army. Women's Army Corps (WACs) | European | Interviewed by Philip Leonard of the Hoosick Falls Historical Society | ||
| Rowland, Kenneth H. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 802nd Field Artillery Battalion | European | Interviewed by the Rome Free Academy H.S. Rome, NY | |
| Rowlands, Ellis | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | SC-701 | Pacific | Pulpit, VT | |
| Rowley, Charles F. | Video Audio Memoir |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | Special Augmented Hospital No. 3 | Pacific | Amsterdam, NY | |
| Roznowski, Grace J. | Video Audio Transcription |
Female | World War 2 | US Navy | Pacific | Syracuse, NY | Interviewed by Ken and June Hunter Transcribed by Lindsay Kiliszewski and Maggie Oldendorf |
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| Rucigay, John Charles | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 464th Bomb Group 778th Bomb Squadron |
European | Ridgewood, NY | |
| Ruckdeschel, Donald | Transcription | Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Fargo (CL-106) | Mediterranean | Newburgh, NY | Transcription only. Interviewed by Michele Starkey for The Sentinel (Orange County, NY) |
| Rucynski, John | Video Audio |
Male | Vietnam War | US Marine Corps | 3rd Marine Division | Oswego, NY | Interviewed by Patty Ritchie's Office, NY State Senator | |
| Rudd, Gary William | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | Vietnam War | US Marine Corps | 26th Marines | Amsterdam, NY | Radio operator Transcribed by Oliver Groom |
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| Ruggiero, Joseph | Video Audio |
Korean War | US Navy | Interviewed by Philip Leonard of the Hoosick Falls Historical Society | ||||
| Russell, Theodore (Ted) | Video Audio |
World War 2 | US Army | 29th Infantry Division 487th Engineer Battalion |
Herkimer Fulton County Historical Society | |||
| Russell, Theodore (Ted) | Video Audio |
World War 2 | US Army | 29th Infantry Division 487th Engineer Battalion |
Extracted from a compilation of interviews by Assemblyman Marc Butler and the Herkimer County Community College | |||
| Ruthman, Robert | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 69th Infantry Division 272nd Infantry Regiment |
American | Chicago, IL | |
| Ryan, Jack | Video Audio |
Male | Korean War | US Navy | Seaplane Tender | Hoosick Falls, NY | Interviewed by Philip Leonard of the Hoosick Falls Historical Society | |
| Ryan, Joseph J., Sr. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | USS Antares (AK-258) USS Denver (CL-58) |
Pacfic | Pittsford, NY | |
| Ryan, Thomas Paul | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Lindsey (DD-771/DM-32/MMD-32) | Pacific | Troy, NY |