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Interview with Nari

Vanessa and Natsumi talk about some of their favorite topics from Mankato and Japan.

Cecilia interviews her parents about their lives as world travelers.

A recording of my Grandpa speaking of his experiences with historic events.

A chat with my grandma about her childhood in Japan and coming to the United States to start a life and a family.

In this interview I interview my Grandpa about his childhood and how he moved around because he was a military kid.

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...

War bride from London, married lawyer from New York

Amy Spiker (43) interviews her father, James Reeves (87) about his time serving as a Marine during WWII. He also talks about his 70-year career as an auto garage owner and his 64-year marriage.

John Esaki (60) talks with his coworker and friend, Koji Steven Sakai (33), about their family backgrounds, their families’ experiences in Japanese American Internment Camps, redress and reparations, and the Japanese American National Museum.

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...

We talked about her memories of me, her memories of her life, and lots about her time as a missionary in Japan.

Colin talks to Cait about the time she spend overseas in Japan while her father was stationed there.

Ruth remembers her college days, her first jobs, and her husband.

I interview Ms. Nami Holderman. In a Nov 28th. In Ms. Nami’s room. I interview her because I want to know culture. I interview dance and future.

I’m James, I’m in Tokyo, and I interviewed my mom to know more about the old times and what they do at school from my mom, I also asked some questions and my mom give me opinions, and I learned...

Story of Major Parker's military missions in Vietnam war. Recites recollections while holding his deceased wife's -Karen's- military charm bracelet.

Ruby tells her daughters Jill and Jennifer about being adopted, meeting their father, and later finding her birth mother

In part 1, my mother and I spoke about the pandemic and how it affected her business as well as her life before the pandemic. In this part, my mom shared about her time working in London and her work...

Millicent interviews her brother, Roland, about his experience on September 11, 2007

Barbara Hester Kurtz (87) talks with her granddaughter Susan Scott Peterson (39) about her relationship with her father during her teenage years and living in Japan during the U.S. occupation following World War II.

Jenny Rask: 2020-10-18 00:11:00 Jenny Rask Interviews Father Gene Rask about his experience in the service in the late 1950's. He was restationed to Edwards Airforce base instead of Iceland after his father's sudden passing. His engagement to Nurse Joyce...

Jenny Rask: 2020-11-16 00:25:40 Jenny Rask Interviews dad Gene Rask about his life. Growing up with his family. Starting off talking about the 2020 elections and Biden/Harris winning the election, turning the republican dominated senate democratic. He remember the life...

Junko Takamatsu (age 74) is an Japanese American woman born after WWII. She shares her story of coming from Japan to the America. Her granddaughter, Lauren Kwong (age 16) asks her questions about her life in America.

She talks about her life in Indonesia when Japan invaded