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Tom Sitter about WW2

This interview is about my grandmother in Ireland and what it was like when she first came to America.

This is the life of my grandfather Lawrence Reinhard

My great grandmother talks about her life in the 30s and 40s

Uncle Jim Becker tells his great nephew and great-great nephew about his time in the warin the 101st Airborne Division, including landing on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day in the first wave of infantry, and liberating Dachau prison camp,...

Interview of Gregory Kent Laughlin by Robert Charles Laughlin in Alabama on 11/24/18. The interview deatils the personal life, thoughts on history, and family past of Gregory Kent Laughlin.

Romaine Kischer, age 95, recalling kamikaze attack to his destroyer in WWII

I interviewed my 80 year old grandpa! It was really interesting to hear about history through his perspective! (He did answer some of my questions before I could ask them :) )

We talk about his life growing up around the conclusion of WWII and other reflections of what life is like and seeing how it contrasts from our world today.

Monique tells the stories from her childhood

WW2 story from my grandfather. Amazing story. 96 years old.

This is an interview with my Grandma, Yolanda Costa, on her 96th birthday. She grew up in Greenpoint, New York. She was one of 11 children in a large Catholic family. She was married to her husband, Joseph Costa for...

Interview with a ww2 navy pilot

I read an except from a book I gave my grandfather many years before he passed away to share memories of his life. This thought on World War II always brings tears to my eyes. He was such a strong...

In this interview I discuss with my father his fathers involvement in WWII and how it’s affected his life.

Grace talks about her very interesting family history

Jean Braggs (83, living in Berkshire, England) talks with her granddaughter, Ellie Braggs (15, living in California, U.S.A.), about what it was like when she was evacuated from London during World War ll. Although Jean was only a baby when...

My Spanish father shares our family story relating to the Basque Country and the Spanish Civil War.

A middle school student interviews her grandpa about his life as a child. He grew up in the Great Depression and describes what it was like. He also talked about how he was in the navy and what it was...

This eighty-minute 1974 interview of Anna Gertrude (Steinmetz) Paulus by her daughter Roman Catholic Sister Roma (Florence "Nancy") Paulus was recorded two years before Anna's death at age 86. Also present was son Bertram "Bob" Paulus. After some family singing,...

A scotch-Irish girl from Philadelphia meets Jesus and her husband.

As my grandpa has gotten older (97 now) he has begun sharing more stories about his experience in the war. He was a bombardier in the US Air Corps who trained other service members in the B-17. He had never...

We talked about my grandfather’s family history and his childhood.

How the war affected my grandfather’s everyday-life and the impact on his life today.