WIth the 111 style it converted to 'Oct 3 1919'. I tried other styles like 101 on the DOD and I still get convert string errors.
UPDATE ad1001 set ad1001.dod = Convert(datetime, Right([DOd],4) + '/' + Left([DOd],2) + '/' + SubString ([DOd],3,2), 111)
I'll keep trying. Thanks. Frodo Baggins...