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Veterans Oral History - David Leasure April 12, 2024

Veterans Oral History - Leon Key December 15, 2023

Veterans Oral History - Lawrence Hunewill Jr. December 4, 2023

Veterans Oral History - Andrew DeFrancesco December 12, 2022

Ronald Cole was drafted into the Army in 1968. Trained in power generation repair, he was sent to West Germany. After six months, he was transferred to Vietnam, where he became the crew chief of a Huey helicopter. On missions, he would man a .30-caliber machine gun. He left the Army in late 1969, and joined the Army National Guard. He returned to active duty because “he couldn’t find work,” and...

Hilbert Margol and his twin brother, Howard, served in the 42nd “Rainbow” Division out of Oklahoma during World War II; both served as gunners with 105MM gun batteries. They would be shipped to Europe in early 1945, serving in the Alsace, Ardennes and Rhineland campaigns. Both brothers witnessed the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp, and both served with the Army of Occupation in Aust...

“How can I make your job easier” was the directive that guided Nick Zallas through a 40-year career in the military. He served with National Guard and Reserve units in the Army and Air Force in communications and military police. Zallas was part of a response unit during the Blizzard of 1978 in Boston, as well as the Ramstein Air Show disaster in Germany in 1988. He retired from the Air Force R...

Vernon Amundson joined the Air Force right after high school in 1954. He would spend 25 years in the USAF, mostly as a navigator on a variety of aircraft, including B-52s, C130s and AC 119s. Amundson served in Europe during the height of the Cold War, as well as in Vietnam. He retired in 1979 with the rank of major.

Paul Carew joined the Marine Corps shortly after graduating from Natick High School in 1970. Trained to be a radio operator, Carew joined the 2nd Battalion, “Hotel Company,” 4th Marines, as part of support for a helicopter force based on the USS Tripoli. He went on missions to Vietnam and Thailand, as well as the Philippines and Japan. As of the interview in 2021, Carew is the Veterans Services...

Roger Woodbury was a teacher in Rhode Island when he realized that some of his students would soon be eligible for the draft. Asking himself “Why am I exempt,” Woodbury entered the Air Force in 1968. He would become a squadron weapons controller in Massachusetts and in Thailand. After leaving active service in 1973, Woodbury would eventually join the U.S. Air National Guard in Worcester, leavin...

Jim Ramsey joined the Naval ROTC just after enrolling at Cornell University in 1961. After graduating in 1965, he received his ensign’s commission and began working with the Naval Construction Battalion (SeaBees) as an administration officer. His duty stations included Long Beach, Calif., Gulfport, Miss. (including two tours of Vietnam) and San Diego. While in Vietnam, Ramsey’s units worked on ...

“Doc” Blaney joined the Army on his 18th birthday in 1943. Trained as a medic and a paratrooper, he parachuted near Utah Beach during the D-Day invasion at Normandy; he would spend the next six days treating the wounded in an old chapel. He was also at the Battle of the Bulge. After the war, he joined the Air Force, and served during the Korean War in photo intelligence.

Wade Tambor joined the Navy in 1955, and was sent to Officers Candidates School in Newport, R.I. After earning his ensign’s commission, Tambor was sent to Adak in the Aleutian Islands for his first duty station. There, Tambor handled administrative duties. Tambor would also serve in San Francisco and the Mare Island Naval Shipyard. He would leave active service in 1958 with the rank of lieutenant.

Thomas Dahill joined the Army Air Corps in 1943, shortly after graduating from Arlington High School. He eventually became a navigator on a B-24, and was sent to the Philippines and New Guinea. He would fly 45 missions, including one that would be the longest trip ever made by a B-24.

William Martin Vietnam War Veteran U.S. Navy Natick Veterans Oral History Project

James Martin Vietnam War Veteran U.S. Marine Corps Natick Veterans Oral History Project

Labedz World War II Homefront Natick Veterans Oral History Project

Flynn U.S. Army veteran Natick Veterans Oral History Project

Kovacs Vietnam War Era veteran U.S. Army Natick Veterans Oral History Project

Strel Vietnam War veteran U.S. Army Natick Veterans Oral History Project

Robert Persian Gulf War veteran U.S. Army/National Guard Natick Veterans Oral History Project

Proulx World War II veteran U.S. Navy Natick Veterans Oral History Project

deGruttola Korean/ColdWar veteran U.S. Army Natick Veterans Oral History Project

Aiello World War II veteran U.S. Army Natick Veterans Oral History Project

Palmer Vietnam War veteran U.S. Navy Natick Veterans Oral History Project

Somersall World War II veteran U.S. Marines Natick Veterans Oral History Project

Nicholl World War II and Korean War Veteran U.S. Navy Natick Veterans Oral History Project

Bopp U.S. Army veteran Cold War Vietnam Natick Veterans Oral History Project

Lucontoni World War II veteran U.S. Army Natick Veterans Oral History Project