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Colleagues Stan Young (63) and Captain Dana French (84) remember the day when they rescued 262 Vietnamese refugees, including Vinh Ngo (67), and invited them onboard the USS Robinson. Vinh talks about Communist Vietnam and the life he was able...

Interview view of my mom with her life in Poland in the 80’s.

I talked to my mother about her childhood and growing up in communist Yugoslavia.

Lori Morimoto and Sue Marguerite Dootson have a One Small Step conversation. Lori is a professor at the University of Virginia, and Sue is a children's book author. They talk about their shared experience of spending much of their life...

Emil talks about his life as a kid in Poland during communism and explains what it was like moving to America

Spouses, Trinh Jones (59) and Tim Jones (58), talk about their contrasting childhoods in Saigon, Vietnam and Troy, Missouri, as well as the shared values that bring them together. They also reminisce about their early relationship, raising their two sons,...

Rosie Zovko talks about her life, growing up in a communist country, seeking refuge, and trying to find her place in this world. she talks about finding her husband through the dangerous path to find refuge. she then talks about...

My mom grew up in China during the Great Leap Forward. In this interview I ask about her experiences growing up there.

Irene Rosen defected from Czechoslovakia at 11 years old. Her family’s clever escape from the Communist regime showcases the trials and tribulations of immigrants in the 1970’s. She reflects on her experience and elaborates on her unique story.

The story is about life of my dad during and after the Vietnam war and how many families including his faced many financial difficulties. However, after such endurance and struggles life eventually improved as sanctions got repealed and the financial...

A discussion of the Kennedy assassination and politics at the time

Dad Talía about his experience emigrating from communist Romania to the US through Italy and his experience once arriving to America.

I discuss with my dad his upbringing in Shanghai, China during the Cultural Revolution and his first experiences in America as a first-generation immigrant and one of the first Chinese immigrants that immigrated into the US after the reopening of...

American college student Annie Phan talks to her father, Dr. Chuong Phan, about the differences and similarities between Communist Vietnamese and Democratic American media. Dr. Phan shares his experiences of growing up during the Vietnam War and what his migration...

This interview was in Spanish. It talked about the life my mother, Lucia, had in Cuba. The events that occurred, how her father was a doctor and it was very difficult to leave because he was needed in hospitals.

My dad and I discuss what it was like growing up with immigrant parents.

Sisters Martha Bray (64) and Ruth Beers (77) recall their childhood with two parents who were very politically active and the impact that had on their upbringing.

Life growing up in Poland during the 50/60’s, and coming to America.

About WW2 and communism from a view of someone living in Poland

Came to the United States in early fifties and raised children in the city of Chicago.

George Rodon (72) and mentee Eduardo "Eddie" Fernandez-Crespi (39) share thoughts on family, Cuban heritage, how they first met, race relations in Cuba vs U.S. and their view on government systems.

An interview for my AP world class about my dad's journey escaping Vietnam and starting a new life after the Communists invaded Vietnam.

My dad came from a humble beginning and one of his greatest moments in life was holding me when I was born.

An interview with three generations of women about growing up in communist occupied Korea, the Korean War, and the Korean-American experience.

Kathy talks about her experiences in the Soviet Union with a student tour in 1968.