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Susan Metcalf (69) interviews her friend, Erin Lord (26), about her time in the U.S. Air Force.

Margaret Coker (no age given) asks her mother, Mary Coker (78), about her time serving in the Vietnam War. Both participants focus on Mary's experience being a woman in the military and how Mary's story has inspired others.

Elizabeth Liska (25) interviews John Drury (80) about his childhood and military experiences.

One Small Step partners, Sundra Flansburg (63) and Robin Bumbera (60), share about their experience as mothers, what they find important, and how visiting Central American and Caribbean countries have shaped their views about politics and poverty.

For a school assignment I needed to interview my grandfather and ask him some questions about the draft for Vietnam, he never served but hes always been an opinionated man so I figured his interview would be very interesting.

Discussing with my parents a variety of topics including war veterans on both my mother's and my father's sides. Starting with my mother talking about her childhood, her father's career as a forester, and our ancestry. Read from records my...

In this interview, conducted in November 2018 in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, Cecilia Munoz (16) interviews her past teacher history teacher, Ralph Bernard (65) about the events that shaped him into the influential person he is today. Mr. Bernard...

The Veterans of Foreign War hosted a Thanksgiving Dinner for the senior citizens home in Azle, Texas. I spoke with two veterans about their experiences during WWll and the Veitnam Era.

We talked about the war and his family.

Friends Julia Castellano-Hoyt (81) and Martha Tijerina (76) discuss military service, family history, and the importance of public service. Julia served in the military along with her siblings for a combined 100 years of military service.

My popo was never really that much of a talker but even this little time was amazing to here him speak from the heart

Spouses, Pnomwan Wager (66) and Lawrence Wager (75), discuss Pnomwan’s immigration to the United States, Lawrence’s deployment in Thailand, and their children, as they together recount their love story.

Maggie Fox (my coworker) tells her story of her musical military lover. And how when you stop searching for someone to love that person finds their way to you. They have now been happily married for 48 years and still...

Mrs.Joy was kind enough to share her life experiences with me and I am forever grateful. She is a military widow who owns her own daycare. Being a combat veteran myself, I had countless questions because of the many intersections...

Me and my grandpa talked about his life. In this conversation was military life and a look into a Texan life

One Small Step conversation partners Elizabeth Long (78) and Charles "Charly" Minkler (66) discuss politics of rural areas, their differences on abortion, and blended families.

In this interview, conducted in April 23 in Orange, California. Gabrielle Wilson(21) interviewed her grandmother Dianne Wilson(80) about her life growing up. She talked about family and her childhood with her 2 sisters and 1 brother. She also talked about...

Kiera Yarrow interviews her grandfather Walter Yarrow asking him about school, life experiences, and life lessons.

In honor of Veterans Day, I discussed with my Dad, Mike Rajnik, who was a former Colonel in the Air Force, on his life in the service and what it was like.

Jacquelyn Stokes (65) and her son Quenton Stokes-Brown (25) discuss the members of their family who have served in the military: Dr. Lewis Wright Jr, Thomas Elder Stokes, Charles “Sonny” Couch, Wadesworth Brown Jr, and Jasen Wadesworth Brown.

My dad talks about his experiences living near airforce bases in the cold war.

One Small Step partners Vanessa Schoon Smith (45) and Heather Brownlie (50) discuss the assumptions people make about them, political extremism drowning out moderatism, social media encouraging divisiveness, and their hopes for the future.

Talked about Judy Adams Moreland family, her time spent living on the outside of the Vietnam war, hippies, the Beatles, Woodstock, ect...

My grandpa speaks about his time serving in 1964-1968 as a Marine and tells the experience he has been through the Vietnam War.

The military was an important part of his life and it teaches many important things and if he could he would join again