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Name |
Format |
Gender |
Conflict / Years |
Branch |
Unit |
Theater |
Hometown |
Notes |
| Ufier, Edward | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 13th Air Force | Pacific | New York, NY | Transcribed by Hussain Ejaz |
| Van Alstine, William N., Jr. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | Composit Sqadron VC-92 USS Tulagi CVE 72 |
Pacific | Cohoes, NY | |
| Van Alstyne, William D. , Jr. | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 Korea |
US Army | 34th Infantry Division 168th Infantry Regiment |
North Africa Mediterranean |
Donation Transcribed by Leslie Mead and Wendy Morris |
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| Van Benschoten, Arthur | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | Interviewed by Bill Payne of the American Legion Post Saugerties NY | |||
| Van Deusen, Roland Carlton | Video | Male | 1962 - 1972 | US Navy | USS John Hood (DD-655) USS Alstede (AF-48) |
Interviewed by Senator Patty Ritchie's office Related video by veteran: To Veterans with Invisible Wounds |
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| Van Epps, Milton | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Myles C. Fox (Ship: DD-829 | Pacific | Perryville, NY | |
| Van Etten, Elwyn R. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 Korean War, |
US Navy | Elkart (Ship: APA-80) | Pacific Korea | Corning, NY | Interviewed by Heather A. Wade of the Chemung County Historical Society |
| Van Horn, Ralph | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | Interviewed by Hector Allen of the Mohawk Regional Teachers Center | |||
| Van Laak, John W. | Video Audio Memoir |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 21st Weather Squadron | European | Schenectady, NY | |
| Van Patten, Fred | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 8th Air Force | European | Interviewed by Senator Patty Richie's Office | |
| Van Schaick, John Hardwick | Video Audio |
Male | World War Two | US Army Air Forces | 69th Bomb Squadron 70th Bomb Squadron |
Pacific | Schenectady, NY | |
| Van Zandt, Harry C. | Video Audio Military Record |
Male | World War 2 Korea |
US Army | 65th Infantry Division 259th Infantry Regiment |
European | Plainfield, NJ | |
| Vanbenschoten, Robert | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS New York ( BB-34) | Pacific | Interviewed by Senator Patty Ritchie's office, with an introduction by the Senator. | |
| Vanasco, Roy G. 'Rocco' | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | New York Guard US Navy |
USS Hollandia (CVE 97) USS Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70) |
Pacific | Brooklyn, NY | |
| Varner, Leo Lavern | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Cowpens (CVL-25) USS Houston (CL-81) |
Pacific | Lawrenceville, NY | Interviewed by Rome Free Academy H.S., Rome, NY |
| Varney, Richard | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | Interviewed by Emily Thompson of Hudson Falls H.S. | |||
| Varney, Wesley L. | Video Audio Unit History |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 15th Cavalry Group 15th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron |
European | Buffalo, NY | |
| Vartigian, Helen Ann | Video Audio Transcription |
Female | Vietnam War - 1980 | US Army | 12th Evacuation Hospital | Troy, NY | Transcribed by Valerie Disiena | |
| Vaughn, George Augustus, Jr. | 1986 1988 Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 1 | Royal Air Force US Army |
17th Aero Squadron | 1986 interview has vintage footage of Miller Field in 1938. Audio interview by the University of Texas at Dallas, McDermott Library and transcribed by Susan Bergmann |
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| Venturo, Andrew Rocco | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Coast Guard | USS Arthur Middleton (APA-25) | Pacific | Rome, NY | Interviewed by Rome Free Academy H.S., Rome, NY |
| Verno, Michael A. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | European | Schenectady, NY | ||
| Vertucci, Gabriel J. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps | 4th Marine Division 25th Marines |
Pacific | Amsterdam, NY | |
| Vesneski, Louis D. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Navy | American | Dickson City, PA | ||
| Vetter, Frederick J. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 10th Mountain Division | Mediterranean | Chestertown, NY | |
| Vier, John Holden 'Jack' | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 4th Infantry Division 44th Field Artillery Battalion |
European | White Plains, NY | |
| Vilim, Edwin T. | Video Audio |
Male | Korean War | US Army | 955th Field Artillery Battalion | West Islip, NY | ||
| Villanti, Sam F. | Video Audio Transcription |
Male |
Korean War |
US Army | 7th Infantry Division | Brantingham, NY | Interviewed by Rome Free Academy H.S., Rome, NY Transcribed by Katherine McEvoy |
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| Vink, Douglas | Video Audio |
World War 2 | Sweeney | |||||
| Violyn, Walter | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 10th Medical Laboratory | European | Gloversville, NY | Interviewed by the Herkimer County Veteran's Video Project |
| Violyn, Walter | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 10th Medical Laboratory | Extracted from a compilation of interviews by Assemblyman Marc Butler and the Fulton County Historical Society | ||
| Visco, Anthony Henry | Video Audio |
Male |
World War 2 |
US Army | 82nd Airborne Division | European | Geneva, NY | |
| Vitagliano, John | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 Korean War |
US Army | Glens Falls, NY | White No No Interviewed by Hudson Falls H.S. Hudson Falls, NY |
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| Vittorello, James V. | Video Audio |
Male |
1953 - 1957 |
US Navy | Rome, NY | Interviewed by Rome Free Academy H.S. Rome, NY | ||
| Voce, Joseph A. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | B Battery 64 "Ghost Artillery" | Pacific | Utica, NY | Interviewed by Jennifer Beach and Tim Szczerba of the Rome Free Academy |
| Vogel, Lawrence H. | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 Korean War, |
US Army | North Africa Mediterranean European | Interviewed by the Barker Historical Museum, Fredonia, NY | ||
| Vogler, Charles Ray | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | 1948 - 1986 | US Army NY National Guard |
27th Division 210th Armor |
Hoosick Falls, NY | Interviewed by the Hoosick Falls Historical Society Transcribed by Brandy Jones |
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| Volat, Alan Charles | Video Audio |
Male | Vietnam War - 1975 | US Army | 17th Cavalry Regiment 173rd Airborne Brigade |
Buffalo, NY | ||
| von Hasseln, Harold John | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army United States Army Reserve | Coast Artillery Harbor Def. 313th Cav. Regt, US Army Reserve |
Brooklyn, NY | ||
| Vonglis, Harry N. | Video Audio Transcription |
Male | World War 2 Korean War |
US Army | 8th Infantry Division 28th Infantry Regiment |
European | Rochester, NY | Transcribed by Tatsuya Hondo |
| Vortkamp, Gilbert M. (Mark) | Video Audio |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 1st Infantry Division | European | Bergan County, NY | |
| Vrooman, Albert William | Video Audio |
Male | Korean War Vietnam War |
US Air Force | Albany, NY |