Oral Histories
Last name beginning with 'W'
The State of New York, the Division of Military and Naval Affairs and the New York State Military Museum are not responsible for the content, accuracy, opinions or manner of expression of the veterans whose historical interviews are presented in these videos. The opinions expressed by those interviewed are theirs alone and not those of the State of New York.
The New York State Military Museum cannot provide individual copies of these interviews.
Select here to search our Oral History Database or browse by last name below.
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U-V | W | X-Z
Name |
Format |
Gender |
Conflict / Years |
Branch |
Unit |
Theater |
Hometown |
Notes |
|
| Wagner, Al | Transcript | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 113th Cavalry Group (Mechanized) | European | Brooklyn, NY | Paper by Jeff Benson | |
| Wagner, Audrey Wallace | Video | Female | World War 2 | Civilian | Home Front | Jamaica, Long Island, NY | |||
| Wagner, James G. | Video Transcript |
Male | Vietnam War | US Army | 299th Engineer Battalion | Buffalo, NY | Transcribed by Daniel Keefe | ||
| Wagoner, Verla H. | Video | Female | World War 2 | US Army | Women's Army Corps (WACs) | American | Egan, SD | ||
| Waldron, Hawley Frank | Video Biography |
Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps | 4th Marine Division 25th Marines |
Pacific | Mechanicville, NY | Biography written by his nephew. | |
| Waldron, Raymond Allen | Video | Male | Korean War | US Army | 25th Infantry Division 14th Infantry Regiment |
Saratoga Springs, NY | |||
| Walker, Richard L. | Video | Male | 1965 - 1981 | US Coast Guard | Albany, NY | Interviewed by Ken and June Hunter | |||
| Wallace, Jay K., Jr. | Video | Male | World War 2 Korean War |
US Army US Air Force |
145th Engineer Combat Battalion 514th Troop Carrier Wing |
European | Brooklyn, NY | ||
| Walley, Stephen R | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Navy | Carrier Service Unit (CASU) 55 USS White Plains (CVE-66) |
Pacific | Albany, NY | Interviewed by Ken and June Hunter | |
| Wallingford, Edward | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS AR-37 | Pacific | 'A joint project of the Library of Congress, The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary 1 (SR), and Shaker High School, Latham, NY.' | ||
| Walsh, Carrol | Video Transcript |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 743rd Tank Battalion | European | Johnstown, NY | Interviewed and transcribed by Hudson Valley HS. | |
| Walsh, Donald Alfred | Video Transcript |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 14th Air Force 1st Combat Cargo |
China-Burma-India | Castleton-on-Hudson, NY | Transcribed by Daniel Keefe | |
| Walsh, Garnar Vincent | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Sea Fox (SS-402) | Pacific | New York, NY | ||
| Walsh, Joanne | Video | Female | World War 2 | Civilian | Saratoga Springs, NY | Group interview, release form only. Mini-DV and MP4 filed under Walsh, Joanne. | |||
| Walsh, William M. | Video | Male | Korean War | US Navy | Corpsman with 5th Marine Division | ||||
| Wandrey, Robert E. 'Bud' | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 3235th Signal Photo Detachment | Pacific | Chicago, IL | ||
| Wang, Lance Allen | Video | Male | 1988 - 2009 (Iraq War) | MD National Guard US Army |
Farmingdale, NY | ||||
| War in Europe | Video | World War 2 | Europe | By Methre Rozell of Hudson Falls HS in 2009. | |||||
| War in the Pacific v.1, Hudson Falls HS | Video Transcript |
World War 2 | Pacific | Hosted by the Hudson Falls HS Transcribed by Rick Bennett |
|||||
| War in the Pacific v.2, Hudson Falls HS | Video | World War 2 | Hosted by the Hudson Falls HS. | ||||||
| War in the Pacific, v.3, Hudson Falls HS | Video | World War 2 | Hosted by the Hudson Falls HS | ||||||
| Warnecke, Mark | Video | Male | 1975 - Iraq War | NY National Guard US Army |
27th Infantry Brigade 108th Infantry Regiment |
Interviewed at the American Legion Post, Saugerties, NY | |||
| Warner, Leslie A. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 277th Field Artillery Battaion | European | Kensington, NY | ||
| Washburn, Jane | Video | Female | World War 2 | Civilian | Home Front | Interviewed by Hudson Falls H.S. Hudson Falls, NY | |||
| Wasoff, Louis | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Navy | SS Amatilia SS York |
New York, NY | |||
| Waters, Jean Elizabeth, nee Rogers | Transcript | Female | World War 2 | US Navy | US Naval Women's Reserve (WAVES) | American | Belmont, NY | Paper by Jihan Habeeb | |
| Waterston, Pamela | Video | Female | Persian Gulf War, 1991 | US Army | Interviewed by the U.S. Army Women's Museum | ||||
| Watkins, William | Video | Male | Vietnam War | US Army | 5th Special Forces Group | Albany, NY | |||
| Watson, Stewart Charles | Video Memoir |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 35th Infantry Division | European | North Tonawanda, NY | ||
| Wayne, Nathan | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 747th Tank Battalion | European | Freehold, NJ | A joint project of the Library of Congress, The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary 1 (SR), and Shaker High School, Latham, NY.' | |
| Weasack, Adam F. | Video Transcript |
Male | World War 2 | NY National Guard US Army |
27th Infantry Division 105th Infantry Regiment |
Pacific | Troy, NY | Transcribed by Susan Bergman | |
| Weasack, Adam F. | Video Transcript |
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 |
|
| Webb, James L. | Video | Male | World War 2 | NY National Guard US Army |
27th Infantry Division | Pacific | |||
| Webber, Robert Sr. | Transcript | Male | 1947 - Korean War | US Navy US Air Force |
New London, CT | Transcript only. Interviewed by Michele Starkey for The Sentinel (Orange County, NY) |
|||
| Webster, John | Video Transcript |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | European Mediterranean | Interviewed by Hudson Falls H.S. Hudson Falls, NY | |||
| Weed, Edmund D. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Navy | VPB-109 | Pacific | Norwich, NY | Interviewed by Rome Free Academy H.S., Rome, NY | |
| Weeks, John Gavin | Video Transcript Memoir |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 13th Photographic Squadron | European | Lyons, NY | German jet fighters | |
| Dr. Weidner, Rufus | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 3rd Engineer Special Brigade | Interviewed by Hudson Falls H.S., Hudson Falls, NY | |||
| Weinger, Stanley Leonard | Diary Service Record |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | Questionairre and transcripts only. | ||||
| Weierich, Frank | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Navy | YP-518 | Pacific | Interviewed at the American Legion Post, Saugerties, NY | ||
| Weinstein, Morris | Video | ||||||||
| Weinstein, Morris L. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | European | ||||
| Weinstein, Steven L. | Video Transcript |
Male | Vietnam War | US Army | 330th Radio Research Company | Newark, NJ | Plieku | ||
| Weisenburger, David F | Video | Korean War | US Army | Interviewed by the Rome Free Academy H.S. Rome, NY | |||||
| Weisl, Kenneth | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 8th Air Force | European | Pittsburg, PA | Interviewed by Ken and June Hunter | |
| Weisl, Margaret Mary, nee Wilson | Video | Female | World War 2 | Great Britain. Air Transport Auxiliary. (ATT) | European | Dublin, Ireland | Interviewed by Ken and June Hunter | ||
| Weiss, Alton M. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS San Carlos (AVP-51) USS Sangay (AE-10) |
Pacific | North Tonawanda, NY | ||
| Weiss, Richard Dennis 'Rick' | Video | Male | Vietnam War - 1993 | US Army | 9th Infantry Division 2nd Armored Division |
Ballston Spa, NY | |||
| Welch, Patrick William | Video Transcript |
Male | Vietnam War - 1993 | US Marine Corps | 3rd Marine Division | Buffalo, NY | Transcribed by David Signor | ||
| Weller, Ralph H. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Navy | LST 391 | European | Towanda, PA | ||
| Wellner, Kenneth | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 'In the summer of 2009 Ken Wellner told the story of his long and eventful life to his niece, Susan Merrett.' | ||||
| Wells, Dale Richard | Transcript | Male | Vietnam War | US Army | 23rd Infantry Division 198th Infantry Brigade |
Ogdensburg, NY | Transcript only Interviewed by Mike Schenk |
||
| Wells, Roger M. | Video Transcript Biography |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 4th Infantry Division | European | Glens Falls, NY | Transcribed by Jaimielynn B. Braden | |
| Welsh, John E. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 26th Infantry Division 328th Infantry Regiment |
Interviewed by Herkimer County Community College | |||
| Welsh, John E. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 26th Infantry Division 328th Infantry Regiment |
Extracted from a compilation of interviews by Assemblyman Marc Butler and the Herkimer County Community College | |||
| Wenk, Jay | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 90th Infantry Division 359th Infantry Regiment |
||||
| Werner, Stanley | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 37th Infantry Division | European | Interviewed by Hudson Falls H.S. Hudson Falls, NY | ||
| West, Gerald 'Jerry' | Video Transcript |
Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps | 1st Marine Raider Battalion | Pacific | Interviewed by Hudson Falls H.S. Hudson Falls, NY Transcribed by Andrew Marro |
||
| West, Gerald 'Jerry' | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps | 1st Marine Raider Battalion | Pacific | Group interview by the Hudson Falls HS, War in the Pacific v.2 | ||
| West, Mark David | Video | Male | Persian Gulf War | US Marine Corps | 2nd Expeditionary Force 8th Tank Battalion |
Interviewed by Rome Free Academy H.S., Rome, NY | |||
| Westerdahl, Bruce Allen | Video | Male | 1952 - 1955 | US Marine Corps | 2nd Marine Division | ||||
| Wetmore, Ralph Emerson | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 7th Air Force | Pacific | Prattsburg, NY | ||
| Whalen, Richard A. | Video | Male | Korean War | US Army | 1st Cavalry Division | Rotterdam Junction, NY | Interviewed by Ken and June Hunter | ||
| Wharton, Ronald K. , Sr. | Video | Male | Korean War | US Navy | USS Beatty (DD-756) | Amsterdam, NY | |||
| Wheelock, Franklin K. (Kimble) | Video | Male | Korean War - 1978 | US Navy | USS Rowan (DD-782) | ||||
| Whipple, Russell | Video Transcript |
Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps | 5th Marine Division 1st Marine Parachute Regiment |
Pacific | Group interview with Wayne Haugh, Fiorenzo V. Lopardo, Jack Tanner, and Russell Whipple. Interviewed by Stephen Lopardo. | ||
| Whipple, Wallace | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 83rd Infantry Division | European | Interviewed by Senator Patty Richie's Office | ||
| White, Dr. Dennis J. | Video | Male | 1889- |
|
399th Combat Support Hospital 804th Medical Brigade |
Batavia, NY | |||
| White, George | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps | Pacific | White Interviewed by the Herkimer County Veteran's Video Project |
|||
| White, George | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps | Extracted from a compilation of interviews by Assemblyman Marc Butler and the Fulton County Historical Society | ||||
| White, Otis M. (Monte) | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 303rd Bomb Group 100th Bomb Group |
European | Nelsonville, NY | ||
| White, Rishel 'Rick' | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 4th Armored Division 106th Infantry Division |
European | Adams, NY | DVD produced by 4th Coast Productions | |
| Whitman, Robert Lee | Video Biography |
Male | 1952 - 1989 | US Army NY National Guard |
3rd Armored Division 9th Cavalry Regiment 25th Infantry Division |
Schenectady, NY | |||
| Rev. Whitmore, Charles W. | Video | Male | Vietnam War | US Army | 10th Armored Cavalry Division 11thArmored Cavalry Regiment |
Newfane, NY | Interviwed by Orchard Park, H.S., Orchard Park, NY | ||
| Whitney, Eugene P. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Navy | LCS(L)(3) 85 Benevolence (AH-13) |
Pacific | Saratoga Springs, NY | ||
| Wiener, Norman | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 15th Traffic Regulating Battalion 40th Traffic Regulating Battalion |
European | New York, NY | ||
| Wieners, Frederick L. 'Fred' | Video | Male | 1974 - 2003 | US Air Force | Interviewed by Rome Free Academy H.S., Rome, NY | ||||
| Wier, Richard F. | Video | Male | Vietnam War | US Marine Corps | 1st Division 1st Marines |
||||
| Dr. Wiersum, Jeffrey , MD | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 35th Infantry Division | European | |||
| Wiesenthal, Irwin T. (Theodore) 'Ed' | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Marine Corps. | Marine Bombing Squadron 443 (VMB-443, 443rd) | Pacific | New York, NY | ||
| Wilbur, Robert | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | Interviewed by Hector Allen of the Mohawk Regional Teachers Center | ||||
| Wilcox, Daniel C. | Video | Male | Vietnam War | US Army | 3rd Armor 194th Armored Brigade |
American | |||
| Wilcox, Roy | Transcript | Male | 1948 - 1952 | US Army | 33rd Infantry Divsion | Chester, MA | Inteviewed by Sean Quinn | ||
| Wiley, Abbott L. | Video Transcript |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 91st Infantry Division 346th Field Artillery Battalion |
European | Pittstown, NY | Italian Campaign Transcribed by Stephen Leccese |
|
| Wiley, Harold J. | Video Transcript |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 305th Bombardment Group 56th Bomb Squadron |
European | Pittstown, NY | Pilot B-17 | |
| Wilgus, Barton Tudman | Video Transcript |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 63rd Infantry Division 253rd Infantry Regiment |
European | Oneida Castle, NY | Interviewed by Rome Free Academy H.S., Rome, NY Transcribed by Camden H. |
|
| Williams, Charles W. | Video Transcript |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | Pacific | Hoosick Falls, NY | Interviewed by the Hoosick Falls Historical Society Transcribed by Brittney Downey |
||
| Williams, Clarence John | Video Memoir Memoir-Transcript |
Male | World War 2 | NY Guard US Navy |
6th Regiment, NY Guard 7th Fleet |
Pacific | Rome, NY | Interviewed by Rome Free Academy H.S., Rome, NY Memoir Transcribed by Jerrie Hinchman |
|
| Williams, Harold E. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 92nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion | Valatie, NY | 2007 Interview by Julie Upstill | ||
| Williams, Harold E. | Video Transcript |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 92nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion | Valatie, NY | 2010 Interview Transcribed by Susan Bergmann |
||
| Williams, James S., Jr. | Video | Male | 1974 - 1994 | US Army | Pittsburg, PA | ||||
| Williams, Robert | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Charles S. Sperry (Ship: DD-697) | Mediterranean | Interviewed by Senator Patty Ritchie's office, with an introduction by the Senator. | ||
| Wilson, Arthur G. , Jr. | Video | Male | World War 2 Korean War |
US Navy | USS Hawkins (DD-873) USS New York (BB-34) |
Pacific | Jamaica, NY | ||
| Wilson, Arthur Monroe | Video | Male | 1948 - 1952 | US Army | 7722nd Signal Service Company | Rochester, NY | |||
| Wilson, Louise on behalf of her brother George Wilson | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | Interview on behalf of her brother George Gordon Wilson. | ||||
| Wilson, Raymond A. | Video | Male | Vietnam War | US Air Force | Batavia, NY | Interviewed by Rome Free Academy H.S., Rome, NY | |||
| Wilson, Richard Martin | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Navy | USS Panamint (AGC-13) | Pacific | Cambridge, NY | ||
| Wilson, Wayne F. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 49th Field Hospital | European | Chicago, IL | ||
| Wilwol, Frank Robert | Video | Male | Korean War | US Army | 278th Regimental Combat Team | Buskirk, NY | |||
| Winchell, James W. | Video | World War 2 | US Army | 117th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion, | Interviewed by the Chemung County Historical Society | ||||
| Wincowski, Robert Leo | Video Transcript |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 38th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron | Pacific | Auburn, NY | Transcribed by Elizabeth Acker | |
| Winter, Carl H. (Henry William) | Video Transcript |
Male | World War 2 | US Army | 9th Infantry Division 60th Infantry Regiment |
Brooklyn, NY | Transcribed by Elizabeth Acker | ||
| Winters, Kenneth | Video | Male | Korean War | US Marine Corps | American | Michigan | Interviewed by Bill Payne of the American Legion Post Saugerties NY | ||
| Witherell, Edward K. | Video Transcript |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 98th Bomb Group 415th Bomb Squadron |
Mediterranean | Hoosick Falls, NY | Transcribed by Arthur Flores | |
| Wolf, Robert J. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron |
European | Buffalo, NY | ||
| Wolf, William | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 486thBomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron |
European | |||
| Wolfe, Daniel | Video Memoir |
Male | Korean War | US Army | 3rd Infantry Division 15th Infantry Regiment |
||||
| Wolff, Alvin J. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 160th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron 380th Fighter Squadron |
European | Buffalo, NY | ||
| Wolnowitz, David | Video Transcript |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron |
European | Bronx, NY | Transcribed by Matthew Oill | |
| Dr. Wolstein, Arthur S. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | Medical Corps | European | New York NY | ||
| Wonderling, Harold James | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Navy | Pacific | Interviewed by the Chemung County Historical Society | |||
| Wood, George Warren | Video | Male | World War 2 Korean War |
US Navy US Marine Corps |
|||||
| Wood, John | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | Interviewed at the Saugerties American Legion Hall | ||||
| Wood, John | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 106th Infantry Division | European | Glens Falls, NY | Interviewed at Hudson Falls H.S., Hudson Falls, NY | |
| Wood, Leslie Herbert | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Navy | Combat Aircraft Service Unit (CASU), 44 | ||||
| Woodbury, Donald and Mary | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | Interviewed by Chelsea Bumagen of Hudson Falls H.S., Hudson Falls, NY | ||||
| Woodmansee, Walter Clark | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 447th Bomb Group | European | Hartford, NY | ||
| Worden, Edwin H. (Hoyt) | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 386th Bomb Group | ||||
| Woullard, Billie Charles , Jr. | Video | Male | 1974 - 1979 | US Air Force NY National Guard |
4684th Airbase Group 42nd Infantry Division |
||||
| Wozniak, Matthew E. | Video Unit History |
Male | World War 2 | US Army Air Forces | 5th Air Force 8th Fighter Group |
Pacific | Albany, NY | ||
| Wright, Charles L. | Video | Male | Korean War - 1979 | Air Force | Technical Applications Center | Plattsburgh, NY | Interviewed by Steven Figliozzi and Peter Trudnak of SUNY Plattsburgh | ||
| Wurster, Robert Louis | Video Transcript |
Male | 1967 - 1973 | US Navy | USS Littlerock (CLG-4) USS Beatty (DD-756) |
Schenectady, NY | Transcribed by Brooke Reustle | ||
| Wusterbarth, Harold J. | Video | Male | World War 2 | US Army | 10th Mountain Division 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment |
||||
| Wygant, Albert | Video Transcript |
Male | World War Two | US Navy | Old Ironsides | American | Interviewed by Senator Patty Richie's Office | Transcribed by Zion Sherin |