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My Dad’s story of his life events and military service

On November 25, 2018 in Los Angelos CA, I will be interviewing Rodan Ubungen, or in other words my Dad! He was born on September 24, 1981 in Baguio City, Philippines. Then immigrated to the United States with him and...

This interview was held on May 27, 2018. In context, my auntie and I were talking while my family and I were visiting her second husband, Uncle Lee, in the hospital. She tells me about her experiences of living in...

This is an interview with my grandmother, on my mom's side of the family. Flora Cruz is a mother of seven children, now all grown with their own families. Every year the whole family tries to get together on special...

I interviewed my mom about her life growing up in the Philippines and the transition to living in the U.S. The interview recording stopped right before I could say thank you to my mom for doing the interview.

Recording of mom talking about her life stories! Recorded November 25, 2016

My mum and I talked about different aspects of her childhood and family.

The talked was about her happiest memories in her life , the advice she would give her teenage self and how has her life changed since she moved from the Philippines. She shared her happiest time when she was still...

In this interview, George Wilbur Conner Jr. (53) is interviewed by his granddaughter Patience Leigh Foster (17). The interview was conducted on November 26, 2017 in Cherryville, North Carolina. George shares his stories about growing up with his mom and...

I interviewed my mother, Dole McCormick. We talked about her childhood in the Philippines, how she ended up in the United States, her parents, and her marriage.

This is probably the most in-depth conversation I’ve had with my dad in a while (that doesn’t include sports talks; we have heated discussions over them all the time). But I really don’t know much about my dad’s past, mainly...

David Tilson, a 92-year old World War 2 veteran, reminisces about his 43 months of service in England, and in the Philippines on a tugboat four days before the first atomic blast.

The build up of where she met her husband and how they began creating a relationship. After this, their love story began.

In this interview I talked with my grandma about where she grew up, about my grandpa and how they met, and how she wants to be remembered in life.

Jill Schmidt (68) interviews her brother, John "Jack" Badke (76) about his experiences in the Vietnam War.

My dad talks about his life and struggles before and during the Vietnam War up to his escape and adjustment to life here in the US... plus how he met and eventually married my mom. Stories of tense sail-boating trips,...

We talked about what their childhood was like. We also talked about their married life and raising kids together, and eventually grandchildren.

This is an interview with my dad in which we discuss his military service, childhood, and me (his daughter).

We talked about my mom's experiences with the Catholic Church from when she was a little girl in the Philippines to now as a grandmother in the United States.

We discussed Noli and Radi's childhoods, transition from the Philippines to America, and their everlasting love. We also talked about their thoughts on getting older and how to raise a family you are proud of.

My grandma isn’t the best at continuing on with the subjects I asked so I started by asking her about where she lived and her childhood. Then I asked her about how my dad and aunt were as kids and...

Her safe childhood, good marriage, ending with struggles but happiness

My father’s life being an immigrant in the United States and what it meant to be a Filipino.

This interview is a conversation about my grandmother’s childhood life in the Philippines, journey to the US, and her life since then.

My mom talked about her childhood days in the Philippines before she moved to America. She reminisced her home land’s simple pleasure, the good and the not-so-good memories.