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My first recording session with my grandparents, Bob and Sally Klein, discussing their childhoods, their youths, and what their lives were like growing up.

Living in interesting times. Choosing to be caring and friendly. It's the simple things that matter.

Growing up before WWII and falling in love were the easiest parts of Vera's life, but she encountered more hurdles along her way. On November 21, 2017, in Los Angeles, CA, Vera Volfson shares her story with her great-granddaughter Dara...

I interviewed my grandmother, Monelle Richmond on November 27, 2017; to find out about why her parents moved to America, and to discuss an experience of her mother's in France during WWII.

Nan and Jack Dorsey tell about their life to their grandson Graham Edson.

Mabel Pappas (87) and her daughter Mary Pappas (52) talk about Mabel’s childhood moving around different towns in Wisconsin, how she met her husband, and about her experience in the Service Industries.

My mother recounts a story about her father being declared missing in action during WWII

Clyde Owen (92) tells his friend Larry Godden (63) about how he got into the Army Air Corps (which later became the Air Force), the various planes he flew and bases he worked at, being shot down in Italy during...

Interview with my mother Barbara Kline, 82. Memories of first generation childhood, the 50s and 60s, a career in modern dance, and life as a rabbi's spouse.

My Great Uncle Joe: "I've had a gorgeous life." After the interview, he kept going. Looking at a 60" TV, he said the first TV he bought his father-in-law was a console with a 7" screen that received a single...

On November 26, 2018, Claudia Turnbough interviews her father, Sonny Turnbough about his life growing up, and the history of our family.

Interview with my grandparents

Japanese interment camp interview

We talk about where she lived, her first memories of my dad, her memories of WWII

Pat Tierney talks with his friend Eric about the good memories of his mother Bettie Tierney who recently passed at Easter Time.

Mom shares her travels to get married because Dad could t get leave as planned.

Benita Pupurins recalls fleeing Latvia during WWII - from Latvia to Poland to Germany to America.

In this interview we cover Maria Rodriguez childhood and what she did for candy money. We get into the history of her ancestors and when they arrived in Chicago. We get a look into a family change of identity. Lastly...

Pat Patterson, truly one of our greatest generation, discusses his career with the Coast Guard during World War II. He served at Garibaldi Oregon his entire enlistment where he met and married his wife. Pat expressed a special request that...

Elaine H. (grandmother of Lauren M.) shares valuable lessons that has shaped her through her memories and upbringing. From growing up on the plantations of Maui to internment camps, Elaine shares her fond memories of her past to shine light...

First interview while on car trip from Tyler TX to Beaumont TX, December 2018.

This Nurse, Wife, Mother, and Grandmother talks about her childhood in the Philippines and her path to the US.

A conversation with my Lola about life during WWII and her life in the Philippines

Joan Hession talks with her daughter Susan Fuchslin about growing up near Birmingham and living through the war times during World War II. She talks about how her family’s house was opened up to different women and men serving in...

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,...