Oh, the places we’ve seen!

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,...

The big listen

Michelle Bear is a project manager at an architecture firm in Saint Louis. She also works out of offices in Chicago and Toronto and has spent much of her career traveling to places like Pakistan, Mexico, Italy, France, and many...

Back in Portugal

We talked about what it was like for my mom to move to America and leave her family behind.

Nazi watches, German wine, and American music in WWII: a soldier's story

Bernard Ham of Portsmouth, Virginia speaks of his time in the Second World War. His stories include why he wears a Nazi officer's watch, the fortuitous reunion with a brother on the streets of Paris, and how he found his...

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Elizabeth Coleman and John LeSar

Elizabeth Coleman [no age given] talks with her OSS conversation partner John "Jack" W. LeSar [no age given] about their childhoods and school experiences. They also discuss their time abroad, in the Peace Corps and the Army respectively, and their...

Paris Citizen; World War II

An eight-year olds perspective of the liberation of Paris towards the end of World War II.

Interview with Dorothy Whitfield Chisholm on her experience in WWII — Winning the Purple Heart, Serving in Paris by Graham Chisholm

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...

A Janela de Avó Ana

We talked about her life in Portugal and America. She also talked about how she met her husband and what he taught her.

Américo Rodrigues, “Vociferar Contra,” (“Voice Against”) Sound Poem

Portuguese sound poet performs solo inside the roofed cloister of Mosteiro de São Bento da Vitória, in Porto.

The Deschâtres Family Through The Eyes Of Jean Deschâtres: WWII And Beyond

Jean Octave Gabriel Deschâtres (business name: Jean Phillipe) begins by reflecting on his parents’ meeting and circumstances surrounding his birth in France. He moves on to outline a few of his father’s specific experiences during WWII, then discusses how those...

Charley Ryan

My grandfather and I sit down and talk about his life— time in the navy, my now deceased grandmother, and my fathers upbringing.

ELA interview

My mom and I talked a lot about being grateful for every day you are here!

Life In The Shoes of My Grandma

Me and my grandma have a talk about life in Portugal and what it was like traveling from Portugal to America.

Valdez

Talking with my prep teacher Mr.Valdez

Baby in a Suitcase

AnnaLea Sreba interviewing her Grandmother, Jenny Tyrcz. She hears the story about how her great grandmother immigrated into Canada from Poland. She finds out that Jenny's mother originally went to France, meeting her dad. Who then brings them to Canada,...

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Becca Werginz and Fred Keller

Becca Werginz (26) chats with Fred Keller (90) about his wife, June, who passed away after 65 years of marriage on October 15, 2021, as well as his time in the military police.

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Judy Hale Young and Jane Hale

Twins, Judy Hale Young [no age given] and Jane Hale [no age given], sit down for a conversation about Judy's experience in the U.S. Navy, Jane's experience stepping into her non-binary gender identity, their passions for music and literature, and...