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Skip told Wilson about his memories of Smithville and about how it was when he grew up compared to today.

Ross Goff (1922-2000) recalled his childhood in Tunnelton and Morgantown, WV during the Great Depression. He served in the U.S. Army Mar 1944 - Mar 1946 in Co K, 11th Regt, 3rd Platoon, 3rd Squad. Fought in four campaigns, including...

My grandma tells the story of my grandpa during WWII

This is a first-person account of what a young Iowa farm boy experienced after the escort carrier he was stationed on was sunk and the harrowing 48 hours spent floating in the Pacific Ocean before being rescued.

Edward Johnson (86 years old), the son of a D-Day soldier, recounts his childhood during WWII. His granddaughter, Alexandra Johnson (17 years old), asks questions specific to the situation of his childhood. He answers questions relating to the impact of...

Sono Begert (née Nishimura) travelled from Japan to Europe in 1939, just as World War II began.

This was an interview I did with my Grandmother Verna (aka Moogie)

Edward Bloch (87) talks with his cousin Meredith Skeath (71) about his father helping Jewish families escape from Europe before WWII, his courtship of Carol, how they started a family, and the importance of finding work you love and realizing...

Interview with Clarence Crawford. Various historical events

Memories of the Cocoanut Grove Fire, his POW experience in WWII, and, throughout a love of family

I interview my father Kurt Thams about his father, Torben Thams, during WWII and how this made my grandfathers life challenging.

Interview with my maternal grandmother, Anna Pieger.

Interview with the grandchildren on her life in Romania, Argentina, Uruguay, and the United States.

Dr. Warren Minami, National Japanese American Memorial Foundation (NJAMF) Chair Emeritus, recounts his early life experience at the Gila River, Arizona incarceration camp and its impact on him and his family, including their later involvement with Asian American causes. Unedited...

Marie C. Flatley talks to her grandson, Robert Maliff, about her experiences growing up during the depression and both World Wars, as well as hobby of betting on the horsetrack.

Hazel M. Pace talks with her son James T. Pace about being a nurse in Menlo Park, CA for the Army and tells about meeting her husband Bob at Dibble General Hospital, where she was working. Hazel and James tell...

Interview with my grandpa on WWII homefront

Susan interviews her mother, Louise (who has stage 4 Lung Cancer) about her childhood, her career, and memories of her husband.

Angela interviews her friend (and ex mother-in-law) about her family, her childhood, and her life.

Kibo interviews his parent, Hiroyuki and Maria, about having the same birthday, their first date, and being a multiracial couple.

Richardina DeMaere tells her granddaughter Monique Belli about her childhood and young adulthood in Belgium and what it was like to come to the United States.

Susan Gamson, 66, is interviewed by her son, Michael Gamson, 41.

Mitzi Miyoshi (48) interviews her uncle, Sam Terasaki (83) about his WWII experience in the Japanese-American and Hawaiian 442nd Infantry Regiment.

Further details upon my father's family history and the people who make it up

Renee Cirimelli recounts her childhood while under German duress, her transition into American culture, and how she met her husband in the United States.