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Hear first-hand accounts of bombings and war while growing up under communism, as well as a comparison between today's life in Saigon versus communist life in Ho Chi Minh City. Trang Dinh (52) talks with her son, Andy Hoang (16),...

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An interview with my aunt Kim Bach, on her life from communist Vietnam to the United States and also discusses family and work ethic.

An interview with my uncle Henry Bach, on his life from communist Vietnam to the United States.

Beatrice Peterson recalls her experiences traveling with the American military during the midst of the Cold War to locations like Vietnam, Cambodia, Germany, and Romania while being interviewed by her granddaughter, Maddy Shearer on May 14th, 2022. She details how...

I interviewed my dad about communism life in the 80s and 90s and how he escaped to America.

Interview with Maria Tapias about emigrating from Cuba

A brief interview with Ed Dunn, a Marine in the late 1950’s. Within our conversation, we discussed where he was stationed, life for him as a Marine, segregation, and how the Marines shaped him as a person and how he...

In this interview, my Nana and I talk about her childhood in Hungary and her experiences coming to America amidst The Hungarian Revolution.

This is an interview with my father, who was born and grew up in Poland while it was under authoritarian rule by the Soviet Union.

In this interview, Erin interviews her mother about growing up in a religious family in Greeley and the time culture shock she experienced when she moved to Baltimore for college. Her mother shared stories about her travels to Mexico and...

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

Sydney Hall(17) and Grandpa Richard Hall(77) interview about the Vietnam draft process

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...

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...

Basically her experiences during the Vietnam War when Grandpa was away fighting in it, specific things she remembers, effects on America, all the things.

Talks about her life in small village of khardzali under communism and soviet influence

Talking to my mom about her childhood during socialism in Czechoslovakia.

In this interview, viewers are able to learn about Claudia's dad's experiences, family, and past in both Poland and America. This made Claudia and her dad to connect and strengthen their bond through this interview. In addition based on this...

I interview Diana Truong about her experience in Vietnam during the Vietnam War, leaving Vietnam and life in the United States.

Irma Gobcewicz on communism in poland and marshal law in poland.

A discussion of the Kennedy assassination and politics at the time

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 story about my mother's life growing up in communism and its the political/social effects, her work and educational background, and dabbles of small stories from her childhood, teenage years, and college life.

This is an interview with my grandmother, Loredana, who immigrated to Italy when she was six years old. She describes her process and views on immigrating to the U.S.