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Doug Jones and Donald Gottesman

Doug (66) talks to Don (50) about the recent death of his spouse and partner John and how they decided to donate money to the California Community Foundation to enable underprivileged kids to attend theater performances.

Military Dad

My dad tells me about his experiences in the air force!

The Great Thanksgiving Interview- Glenda Gabel

I apologize for not taking a picture so I used one of us when I was 8. In this interview we talked about childhood memories, work experiences, family topics, and more.

Question’s for Dad

We just talked random question’s

Interview with naval veteran Brian Kennedy

Brian kennedy went to the naval academy and then fought in the Vietnam war. He is my grandfather on my moms side.

Final Project

I chose to interview Mike Shaw, a retired BNSF employee. I thought that Mike would have good perspective on what being a railroad engineer was really like. Mike not only had pivotal information on what was expected of him and...

An American In Japan: Korean War (Pt. 1)

My grandfather tells me the stories of his service on the MRS (military rail service) in American based Japan during the Korean War. He gives personal insight into his experience as a young American man in an unfamiliar land during...

hijacked to cuba

Grandmother was Traveling to Miami in the late 60’s. Unfortunately on your flight happened to be a Cuban immigrant who ended up hijacking the plane in order to get back to Cuba to see his family and return home. Unfortunately...

Living history project

A history conversation with my great Poppa

The greatest role model

In this interview we explore my families history with my mother who grew up in Santa Ana in the seventies. She shares details into our family’s past some of the jobs that they did and how she a mexican woman...

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Robert Gillespie and Richard Gillespie

Robert E. Gillespie (72) interviews his father, Richard T. Gillespie (99), about his upbringing peddling milk, as well as his experience in the Civilian Pilot Training Program and being a B-17 pilot during World War II.

Grandpas worked on airplanes

After college at OSU, Julian got a government contract at Boeing to avoid being drafted for Vietnam. After a year at Boeing, he was layed off and went to work for MacDonald Douglas on the F-15 Eagle. Now one day...

Tom

His previous jobs, parting from his wife, learning to fly a plane