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Interview with enlisted Navy explosive ordnance disposal technician.

Farouk reflects on his life in Gaza, Libya, and Iraq, where he served as Secretary of the Libyan Petroleum Committee headed by Palestinian national and scholar Anis al-Qasem.

In this interview, made on May 8, 2022 in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Johnny Shouneyia (13) interviews his grandpa Frank Awdish (68) about his journey from Iraq to The USA. His grandpa shares his story about how it was traveling here...

When I was interviewing my grandfather, we went over his life. We talked about his imagration process, his family, his buisness and his overall life.

My father’s story about coming into the US, and life in America.

In this interview, Abdulsalam Younis gives a brief talk about his youth in Iraq and why he moved to the United States with his family.

Helene Broomer speaks with daughter, Rachelle Broomer, about the experiences that have informed her life, including being a child of a Holocaust survivor, surviving breast cancer and being an agoraphobic.

Hans Heaton, a former member of the Navy and National Guard is interviewed by Savannah McCool, a high school sophomore. Heaton and McCool cover his reasons for enlisting, his job as a mechanic in the Navy, and his experience in...

Erika Land and Aissatou Sidime-Blanton discuss that PTSD the Erika suffered as part of her U.S. military service as a pharmacy technician and how poetry, and producing her one-woman play (“PTSD and Me/At ease. Not today PTSD.”), has helped her...

life in iraq

In this interview conducted by Ali al mashhadi (15) interviews his mother bassima Idris (46) about her childhood and how she was able to leave her home country for the purpose of her sons.In this interview bassima shows how caring...

Sophia Rike (17) interviews her uncle, Tedd Wheeler (59) about his life growing up in central Pennsylvania and his various ventures through the US Military. They discuss his travels all around the world & certain projects he was a part...

A discussion with my father about what his memories of the First Gulf War were.

In this interview I will be interviewing my grandmother about her childhood, teens, and how she immigrated to US

My name is Bode Janusiewicz, I am 17 years old and go to Nicolet High School. My interviewee is my father, Chris Janusiewicz who is 53 years old. Our topic of discussion was my dad’s involvement in the Afghanistan And...

Holiday Hanna, (56), talks with his daughter about his time deployed in Iraq with the U.S. Military.

Wife and husband, Sura Alhilali (25) and Mustafa Aljanabi (31) discuss their journeys to the United States, how they met, and the cultural differences between the United States and the Middle East.

It took about 2 years and 6,000 miles to experience any form of freedom for the first time. On January 5, 2020, 15 year old Kian Salehi asks his mother, Nini Salehi, about her journey to America and the challenges...

We talked about immigrating from Iraq to America.

I interviewed my brother eight years ago, on Veterans Day in Portland, Oregon. Here is his story about serving in the military, 'So Others May Live.'

The Iraqi depression impacted the lives of everyone in my mother's daily life. I decided to sit down with her to talk about the continuity of the problems that arose during the depression.

Spouses, Kuang Chiang (42) and Adam Supple (43), talk about Adam's service in the United States Army and his deployment to Iraq in the early 2000s.

My aunt Sally talked about her life and what it was like living in two countries

Before his retirement from his epic career as an USAF pararescueman and combat rescue officer, sister, Kristen Nelson, does an oral history of his experiences and lessons learned. From Iraq, the Horn of Africa to Afghanistan.

John Porvaznik (89) talks with his nephew Brett Hunt (30) about his youth and military life.