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Early childhood days

My cousin Sandi shared part of her life and wisdom

Grant Erickson, who had his 95th birthday ten days before telling this story, talks with Beverly Brook and Christy Hightower about the highlights of his life. He was one of eleven children, and grew up on a series of farms...

Early years from birth through dad's WWII service and schooling, birth of first sibling, first girlfriend.

My dad explores his early childhood in the Philippines growing up and explains his experience in the US Navy.

Husband and wife Robert "Bob" Sherrill (70) and Jannis "Jann" Schilling Sherrill (68) talk about their experience as a military couple and reflect on the many places that they have lived over the years.

Malia Tungol (37) talks to her dad, Will Tungol [no age given], about his 28 years serving in the US Army.

One Small Step partners Jeffrey "Jeff" Strange (46) and Nancy Termer (52) discuss serving in the military, homeschooling, and their connections to Japan.

Abigail Schneier (17) interviews her friend Rosella Scott, Jr. (84) about his experience in the military, his family, and his union career of more than 50 years.

What I learned about my dad was that he had a nice smooth life. If I really get to think about how his life was verses my life. I would think that our lives are pretty a like. But of...

I interview my dad he recounts his times in Japan and tells stories of me and my family.

The person I chose to interview today was Rich Rivera. He is 35 and we mainly discussed his upbringing and time in the Military. The pros and cons of his life and how it shaped to be the way it...

Simply talks about what he decided to do in his life at longevity and the tasks that came with it. He gets in depth on what are the requirements to be in marines and what people encouraged him throughout the...

I had a conversation with Mr. Haas.

Captain Johnston talks about her experiences being in the Navy for the past 30 years. She tells of her different deployments, especially those on the hospital ship, the USNS Comfort, during the Gulf War and during a humanitarian mission to...

This is just a little story about the the life of my mom, Kathy Humphries. This interview was done in Henderson, Nevada as she was interviewed by her daughter, Danika aka me. As I ask her questions, ranging from my...

Life as a single woman in DC then becoming a naval wife living in Japan.

In this interview my dad talks about growing up in Puerto Rico and joining the army. He talks about all the places he traveled to and his favorite memory growing up.

Daniel Takashima (22) and his mother, Laural Takashima (60), discuss life experiences, culture shock, and family.

During the November 26th interview with Mr. Marshall, we talked about his family’s origins, growing up in a small town, his childhood life, adult life, work life, and experiences in the military. He described how his life was affected by...

Suesan Pomeranke was born in 1937 and lived in Japan from 1963-1968. We talk about what it was like to grow up in a small town in Minnesota during the Cold War and then live in Japan during the Vietnam...

Samuel "Sam" Hodges (III) (77) shares memories of his military service in Vietnam with his daughter, LaDonna Hodges Dingle (46). He recalls how he came to be drafted into the military, his memories of his time in Vietnam, and of...

John Walsh (69) speaks with colleague Larry Hinzman (62) about their histories as climate researchers, the change in administrative support, the effects of climate change they've seen, and international science.

Friends Twilla Booker (59) talks with Dorothy Garza (63) about Dorothy’s childhood, her family, her time in college, in the Air Force, in Alaska, and Japan, her children, and about the life lessons that she would like to pass on...

Jordan Smoller [no age given] talks with his mother Sylvia Smoller [no age given] about her life including escape from Poland and the Nazis, becoming a refugee, her experience of becoming a world renowned scientist (with whom he sometimes co-authors),...