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Harriet Weber (65) interviews her friend Beryl Goto (75) about her journey to the United States from London, her life and time in Quincy, Washington, and her experiences as a flight attendant and hospice therapist.

Anna Wasden (58) sits down with her mother, Joan Hunter Christensen (86), to ask about her family's turf accounting business, what it was like growing up in Distington, England during World War II, and the family traditions that differ from...

A family practice doc and a few friendly folks …

Dorothy Whitfield Chisholm (98) speaks with her son, Graham Chisholm (62) about her experience joining the British Army at age 18 in 1941, and then transferring over to the US Army in Great Britain in 1942, being wounded by a...

My mom and I talked mostly about her childhood and what her life was like since she lived in France and England. I also learned a lot about my grandparents and what their life was like.

Daniel Malakowsky (36) speaks to his close friend and colleague, Hanna Zack Miley (88). Hanna survived the holocaust by escaping to England at the age of 7-years-old. She shares her experience and path to forgiveness in the autobiography, A Garland...

An interview between my grandma and I, discussing her life and many interesting stories. I learned about her father’s role in WWII and what it was like for her growing up.

In this interview, the interviewee, Mike, talks about growing up in Sweet Home, Oregon and about traveling between the years 1974 and 1975.

Sharon Wakamoto, an OC resident for almost 60 years, but born in Los Angeles spent a few years as a young child, during WW2 in the Japanese internment camp or War Relocation Center as it was called, at Gila Bend,...

During WW2 Arnold Duevel wrote almost 800 letters to Margaret, his sweetheart and later wife of 72 years. Arnold talks with his son, Len, of his experiences in the European Theater.

My interview with my grandmother about living in England during the second world war.

“My grandmother didn’t want to leave, and my mother, very bravely at age 24 went back to Prague and got her mother and her younger sister Mimi out of Prague with great difficulty… on the last train before Hitler marched...

In a both scary and touching interview, 15-year old Milo Silverstein sits down with his British Nana, Keitha Silverstein, and hears all about her childhood growing up outside of London in the 1940’s during World War ll. Keitha paints a...

My Great Aunt and I talked about her growing up during WWII and other memories.

We discussed Dufour’s young life, his life during WWII, our ancestry, and his family.

Childhood in England

This interview is of Heather Ince Rogers. She talks about life growing up in war-torn England and her experiences of life on the home front in both England and the United States.

An interview with my mother about my grandmother who lived in London during the bombings of World War II

We talked about what it was like being born at the end of the war. Things like bombed out buildings had no meaning to her. They were just always there, so it wasn’t anything particularly special to her.

Through this interview, I talk with my great aunt about her travels throughout the 1970's-1990's. She discusses some of her trips such as France, Italy, Ireland, and more.

Rosemary's childhood in post WWII England, and the pursuit of her interests that led her to where she is now.

Brothers-in-law and best pals Jonathan and Gunter discuss childhood on opposite sides of World War II.

My Dad, a WWII veteran, talks about his experience in the Army Air Corps.

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.

Gerald (Jerry) Rudnick (68) interviews his uncle Alfred Klinger (87) about his European bicycling adventures taken after the death of his wife, Kit. Alfred went to Germany in part to visit Jerry, who was there visiting his son, and to...