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Living history project

A history conversation with my great Poppa

My mom’s good memories of her grandfather

I never got to meet my grandfather and my mom always talked about how much she liked spending time with him. In this interview, she told me more about the train trips they made together when they had to visit...

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...

An American In Japan: Korean War (Pt. 2)

My grandfather tells me the stories of his service on the Military Railroad 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 wartime.

Grandpa Jesse and the trains

My grandfather William Joseph Jesse and his history of working on the trains in Chicago, IL

The Train Hopper

So my dad decided to hop a train near UC Davis. This is an interview of him talking about his experience

Lil Bev Goes to Arkansas

My mother Beverly recounts her visit from Chicago to Arkansas in 1944 when she was 4 years old.

Trackside Memories

Trains, a career, and running a family couldn’t stop Grandpa from graduating college.

Larry Walker

My grandfather, Larry Walker, talking about his childhood summers in Green Mountain Springs, CO.