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Helen Van Dam DiBella, Clip 1: Brothers in the Service

Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Helen Van Dam DiBella
Date: Time Period: 1941 - 1945; 2013-07-14; Interview recorded: July 14, 2013 Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Audacity. Dimension: Total running time: 0:04:20
Creator: Helen Van Dam DiBella interviewed by Lori Wallach Identifier: aql:20427 qmp-hvdd-clip-000001

Description: Helen Van Dam DiBella talks about her two brothers' service in the Army during World War II. Though she was too young to understand the details of the war, she remembers that John was a tail gunner on a fighter plane and brought back interesting souvenirs from Hawaii.

Collection : aql:20455; aql:20430

Creator : Helen Van Dam DiBella interviewed by Lori Wallach

Date : Time Period: 1941 - 1945; 2013-07-14; Interview recorded: July 14, 2013

Summary/Description : Helen Van Dam DiBella talks about her two brothers' service in the Army during World War II. Though she was too young to understand the details of the war, she remembers that John was a tail gunner on a fighter plane and brought back interesting souvenirs from Hawaii.

Subject : World War, 1939-1945; United States--Armed Forces; Van Dam, John; Van Dam, Henry "Sonny"

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Coverage : Locations discussed: Bayside, Queens, NY; Wantagh, NY; Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, NY Bayside (New York, N.Y.) Wantagh (N.Y.) Nassau County (N.Y.) Fort Hamilton (New York, N.Y.) Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Audacity.; Total running time: 0:04:20

Identifier : aql:20427 qmp-hvdd-clip-000001

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World War, 1939-1945; United States--Armed Forces; Van Dam, John; Van Dam, Henry "Sonny"

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