Dad’s childhood and escaping from Vietnam to the US

The story from birth to now. And I think I said the wrong date during the interview. Whoops

Life experience of Harry Lee

He talks about his experiences moving from Vietnam to America and the challenges he faced while learning and experiencing the new world.

Suesann Pommerenke Life in Japan

Suesan Pomeranke was born in 1937 and lived in Japan from 1963-1968. We talk about what it was like to grow up in a small town in Minnesota during the Cold War and then live in Japan during the Vietnam...

Brooke Farmer and her Grandpa Mac Farmer discuss Vietnam war, college, & love pt.1

My Grandpa and I first started the interview talking about college but the interview stopped due to an interruption so I had to start over. I decided to do a part 1 and part 2 bc we were just getting...

How my Grandpa got out of the draft for the Vietnam War

My grandpa and I talked about how his life could have been different if he would have been drafted to the Vietnam war.

Suzanne Kovic

From the start, we talked about family history and immigration. From there, her relationships with family members bled into her experiences and views of different presidential administrations. The Vietnam war had a large impact on her family, seeing that her...

Life of Laurence Hartnett

The interview takes us through the life of Laurence Hartnett, my grandfather. In the interview we talked about his early life, his service in the military and his life as a grandfather. His early life included growing up in Melrose...