Interview with my Grandpa, Ronald Engelhardt

Noah Engelhardt (Age 15) interviews my Grandpa Ronald Engelhardt (Age 78) with help from my Grandma Betz (Age 69). We talked about his mother and father, his grandparents, their jobs, growing up without his father, and his life in the...

Eldon Carl Swanson Jr stories

Cousins Jennifer Swanson and Carla Swanson Gawthrop interview Jenny's uncle/Carla's dad as the extended family is gathered for a wedding. Carl Swanson Jr tells about living in Japan, being born in Brooklyn, his dad Carl Swanson Sr escaping the Yangtze...

Harold Searcy Life & Times Part lll

Aviation trading thru Corpus Christi and Jacksonville. Ending with first trip to the Great Lakes for Carrier training.

Interview of Radford Tidwell, Upbringing & Childhood

Radford Tidwell, born October 10, 1933 on a farm in rural Alabama. Interviewed by his son Ken Tidwell on February 6, 2023. This is the story of his upbringing and military service.

Carter Brooks

During this interview we discussed carters life including his career, life experiences, children etc.

Military Voices – An Interview with Peggy Quast, the wife of a retired Navy Admiral and mother of two Naval Officers

This recording is unique in that it interviews the spouse of a 36 year Navy veteran, a retired Navy Admiral and Vietnam War veteran who is also the mother of two former Naval Officers and the daughter-in-law of another career...

US History interview January, 9 2022

Lois Golden talks about her life and her family. Also experiences living through wars.

Fire on the Forrestall

We talked about the processes of going through flight school. Then, we talked about overseas deployment and an accident that occurred.

“Gratitude never gets us in trouble.”

I'm not proud of anything I've done," Paulist Father Tom Hall told the crowd gathered at his retirement party after 30 years as a Navy chaplain. He says that the room was silent. "I'm just overwhelmed with gratitude. Pride--no. There's...

Clemmie Everett

Clemmie Everett tells the stories of her grandfather Robert Reade and his military service.

Teddy Kaminski 12/10/18

I talked to my grandpa about his life growing up in St. Louis. He was in the Navy during the Vietnam war and later became a police officer and worked in Crime Scene Investigation (CSI).

David McCracken

Anne McCracken Ehlers interviewed her father David McCracken about family history, including his father's work at Oak Ridge during WW2; his work in economics and computer programming, as well as their shared experiences as teachers; education both k12 and University...

Saunders-Dowell Interview

Nathan Saunders (16) and Stephen Dowell (37), members of the Trinity Episcopal School Community, talk about family, religion, and other life topics.

Fred Henderson

Fred (almost 97, still serves as a greeter at church every Sunday) shares memories of Atlanta/Chamblee area, WW II in the Navy, farming, family, church, and owning an independent business.

Betty Perritt: US Navy Ombudsman Experience

Betty Perritt relates her unique experience of serving as Ombudsman for the USS Downes