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This interview was done in Claremont on Tuesday May 22, 2018. I interviewed Francis Wani who immigrated to the United States during the war to escape the violence in Sudan. Now he is president of a charity that helps immigrants...

This interview includes information about historic events and encounterments he dealt with throughout his life.

zoey’s political interview

Evelyn Loven Ochs talks about her long friendship with Junko Itosi Kline. Evelyn and Junko "met" as pen pals after World War II. Junko is a native of Japan, but has lived many years now in the United Kingdom. Evelyn...

Speaking with my grandma about her life as a nurse and facing adversities during the war in Nicaragua.

Growing up before WWII and falling in love were the easiest parts of Vera's life, but she encountered more hurdles along her way. On November 21, 2017, in Los Angeles, CA, Vera Volfson shares her story with her great-granddaughter Dara...

Pat Tierney talks with his friend Eric about the good memories of his mother Bettie Tierney who recently passed at Easter Time.

What lie is like growing up in Isreal, then moving like many to America.

Kenshin Sugimoto(13) talks with his grandfather, Koushi Murayama(78) about his childhood, and challenges he faced in life. He talks about how his family was poor, and how he came to work at a marketplace, and how he works as a...

The life of my grandpa was talked about during this interview, along with his memeries and stories.

My grandpa talking about his father and step father, and the war they where in.

In the year 1969, a young Dennis Bidwell gathers around the tv with his buddies in the basement of his college dorm. But the men aren't watching a sporting event or game show—They are watching the military draft for the...

Yo Azama: 2020-11-23 19:21:14 Yo Azama (51) talks to his friend and mentor, Ann Jordan (63), about her mother Tei Dacus (97) who moved to the US to pursue her dream in 1950's and began her career as an educator.

Ethyl tells of her experience growing up in California and staying under surveillance in Japan during WWII.

Sharon Wakamoto, an OC resident for almost 60 years, but born in Los Angeles spent a few years as a young child, during WW2 in the Japanese internment camp or War Relocation Center as it was called, at Gila Bend,...

Formal First class Sergeant of the 5th Regimental Combat Team of the U.S Infantry Bill Parker (85) describes his 13 month deployment in Korea during the Korean War (1950- 1953). When Sergeant Parker was interview by his grandson, Andrew Goetz...

We talked a little about their childhood, then how they met and when they go married. We also talked about my Grandpa being in the military, my mom and aunts growing up.

This interview is about my mom and her life experiences and her relationship with my dad and my sisters and me.

Helen Jean Eli, age 85, who lives in Kansas, discusses her experience with nursing and her unplanned but exciting trip to Japan.

My grandfather lives in a world opposite the one he grew up in. This is his story.

My family’s history.

Originally a celebration of Black History Month, February 2018, Middlebury College's Davis Family Library has initiated a series of oral interviews, "In Your Own Words." In them, Literatures & Cultures Librarian Katrina Spencer engages members of the community who trace...

My mother talked about the chronological time of me growing up and her growing up at the same time learning important lessons and ways the have a great long lasting life

Sono Begert (née Nishimura) travelled from Japan to Europe in 1939, just as World War II began.

Carol Larsen Bringham, a beloved Mom, Grandma, Great Grandma, Sister, Aunt, and Friend to many shared her many wonderful memories.