Shane Rossman Veterans Day 2019

My dad, Shane Rossman, served in the U.S. Navy for four years where he worked as an air traffic controller. He enlisted during the Pursian Gulf War and was stationed in several U.S. ports.

Betty Perritt: US Navy Ombudsman Experience

Betty Perritt relates her unique experience of serving as Ombudsman for the USS Downes

“I think that this, this is my home”

Within this interview, conducted January 2018 in Boulder Creek, California, Samuel English (17) discusses life and the effects of immigrating to the United States as an independent German citizen with his mother, Andrea Rosa English (49). Mrs. English recollects some...

Great Uncle Joe, 90 and Full of Life

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...

Dads bus story

While my grandfather was stationed in Italy my father was ran over by a bus. He was lucky to have no broken bones only muscle damage. Later when he returned to the United States it took him a while to...

Michael DelPercio – Willowood x PC

Pedro Damasceno (17) speaks to Michael (Mike) DelPercio (99). Interview hosted by Pine Crest’s Photography Club at the Willowood Brookdale resident center on August 9th, 2017. Mike shares the story of his life; New York, the Navy, and love. c/o...