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Violet Hittle, 97, is interviewed by her granddaughter, Doreen Myers,50.

Dan Shellenbarger interviews his mother, Sue, about her activist work.

Roz interviews her parents for their 50th wedding anniversary and tells them things the family has said about them.

My husband, Matt and I bought our first live aboard sailboat in 2013. We moved it to a marina in south Florida and docked next to a boat called, "On Point" and met our new neighbor, and Marine Corps Vietnam...

Kevin Green (63) speaks with his daughter, Hannah Green (23), about growing up in the 1960s in Westfield, Mass. He reflects on a childhood spent in the outdoors and how his relationship to nature continues to this day.

*this interview kept cutting out, so a lot of it was missing.* We discussed her childhood, and the experience of growing up poor in Vietnam. We also discussed everything it took for her and her family to make it to...

In this interview, recorded on December 12th, 2019, Robert Radock (74) discusses his service in the Vietnam war. He reports traumatic events as well as how this experience impacted him. Moving forward he begins to discuss his later life and...

Interview of my neighbor and her experiences in times around the Vietnam war.

Michael Aronson (48) and his wife Jody London (45) talk about meeting through a singles add in the newspaper.

Leslie Boettcher (82) talks with he husband Art Boettcher (93) about his childhood, family, volunteer work and career.

Karen Cathers tells her kids, Nikki Pison, Justin Peone, Christina Pappalardo about her childhood growing up with Communist parents during the Cold War, marrying an older man when she was 17, and feeling determined to be a “perfect” mother for...

Drew Lamb (18) talks to Nana Jean (78) about her life as a brat, and what she learned living on a military base with her family.

Brookelyn talks with her mother about their family history with a focus on her mom’s immigration from Vietnam to the U.S.

Oral History Project with grandparents.

I interviewed my mother about her experience immigrating to the United States. She talks about her hardships and favorite memories in middle school and college. We also discussed how she met my dad and we talked briefly about me as...

Peter Lauricella speaks on being in the Navy during the Vietnam War, and his life after #HinghamOC2017

In preparation for the 2018 Art Action Day, the Artists at Risk Connection (ARC) of PEN America interviewed Mai Khoi, a Vietnamese singer and activist based in Hanoi. Mai broke headlines in March 2016 when she nominated herself to Vietnam's...

Jennifer Larsen interviews her father, Joel Larsen, about his life.

Talking to my dad about his life growing up and the tough decisions he had to make for our family and country that have lead to where I am living right now and is the reason I have all of...

I, Eric Nielsen (17), interview my Grandpa, James Stevens (76) who has dementia. We discuss his youth, friends, and family, as well as what it was like growing up in the tumultuous 60’s.

Dale Linton, 79 years old. talked about the war and his experiences with it.

In this interview, conducted in November 2017 in Wylie, Texas, Noora Hosseini (14) interviews her friend Dennis Wahkinney (66) about his life serving in the Vietnam war. Mr.Wahkinney shares how his life was effected from serving and basic life in...

Kathryn Wooten interviews Dolores Henson, her grandmother, about growing up with a working class family in Glouster, Ohio, where most of her family and ancestry worked in the coal mines. Dolores remembers the two most important people in her life:...