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Liborio Macatula (88) recounts his childhood in the Philippines during WW2, how he worked in rice fields, his early education, up to his immigration to the United States to his granddaughter, Louise Macatula (16).

Angela Napili interviewed her dad Manuel Napili, 83, about his childhood memories of the Philippines. At 3:00 he described what it was like to grow up near an active volcano. Starting at 17:30 and at 20:17 he discussed his memories...

: 2022-12-08 00:44:22 Collin Maurice (21) interviews his Aunt, Vicki Maurice (~60) about her life growing up in the Philippines and how it was different from her adult life in America.

The story of my Aunt. Starting from her early life in the Philippines - serving as the student president in her university and facing the hardships of her dad's death during an ambush - to working abroad in St. Kitts...

Asking questions about things that helped my mom grow as a person.

Peter Singh (16) talks with his grandmother, Mercedes Luz (70) about her childhood and growing up in the Philippines. Mercedes discusses her time in Iran during the Iran Iraq war as a nurse in a military hospital. She traveled across...

My mom's life growing up without her parents and being raised by her grandmother in the Philippines and how life was for her and her sister.

The adventures of a kid from Brown’s Flat, CA in Berkeley, the Peace Corps, and beyond

I learned a lot about my grandfather during my interview with him, particularly how hard his life was in the Philippines and how he took the opportunity to come to the US to have a better life, even though it...

Talking about his fiesta and Christmas celebrations in Pilar, Comotes Islands, Philippines

Gary Gell grew up in the Philippines during the Vietnam war, and had many adventures and stories about his young life. In this interview 15 year old Campbell Hall student Jeremiah Gell interviews his father Gary Gell on January 7th...

We talked about my mom's experiences with the Catholic Church from when she was a little girl in the Philippines to now as a grandmother in the United States.

We talked about her childhood and what she felt about growing up in a different country.

This is an interview with my grandmother, on my mom's side of the family. Flora Cruz is a mother of seven children, now all grown with their own families. Every year the whole family tries to get together on special...

David Tilson, a 92-year old World War 2 veteran, reminisces about his 43 months of service in England, and in the Philippines on a tugboat four days before the first atomic blast.