Embedded Files
This project could not have been undertaken without the help of a great many people. As always with a work of history, libraries, collections of manuscripts, online historical databases, local historical centers and historical societies are essential to research. Individuals who facilitated this research are listed below:
Robert and Teri Bard, relatives of William Merithew;
Amy Bookout, a local researcher and genealogist
Tom Brindley, Principal Oneonta High School
Douglas Brenner, for his remarkable collection of memorabilia on Christopher Kompare
Carolee Byrnes, Otego NY Historical Society
Carlton Cleveland, Commander of the Lauren's NY American Legion
Robert Congleton, Associate Professor-Librarian-Archivist, Rider University
Marcus Dirr, The Greater Oneonta Historical Society
Paul Doty, St. Lawrence University's Historian
Rachel Gleiberman, Hartwick College
Master Sgt. Cory Greenberg, USAF
Rob Halderman, Historian and Researcher for tankdestroyer.net
Wesley Johnson, 7th Armored Division
Claire Lovell, South Central Regional Library Council
John Lucas, relative of Daniel Brown
Gary L. Moncur, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels" Historian
Edwin Moore, historian, writer and long time veteran advocate, City of Oneonta
Marilyn Hull Nienart , relative of Rovello Sherrill Hull
Russ Padden, for his donation of the WWII Scapbooks to Huntington Memorial Library
Bob Parmerter, Town of Maryland, NY Historian
Katherine Rasdorf, a Washington D.C. based WWII researcher
Mark Simonson, Oneonta, NY historian and writer for the Daily Star
Mike Super relative of Louis Super
Bob Thomas, Town of Morris, NY Historian
Donald Tuttle, President, Unadilla Historical Association
Tina Winstead, Huntington Memorial Library
Numerous other skilled professionals at the following institutions also provided invaluable assistance: Stories Behind the Stars, The Greater Oneonta Historical Society, SUNY Oneonta, Hartwick College, and The New York State Military Museum and Veteran's Research Center.
If you would like more information about this project, or see any errors, edits, corrections or additions needed to any of these stories, please contact the project's coordinator, Jim Greenberg at nez13820@gmail.com.
Author's note: A note of recognition is due here to Edwin R. Moore, former Director and Service Officer of the Otsego County Veterans Service Agency. Mr. Moore tirelessly advocated for and acted on the behalf of families that lost loved ones in World War II. The files are full of letters that Mr. Moore wrote on behalf of the families. Later in life Mr. Moore wrote for the local newspapers and was well known as the "city historian." His efforts on behalf of the Goldstar families may have gone unnoticed to the community at large but not to this author. He is due a tip of the cap.
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