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Talking with my prep teacher Mr.Valdez

Bernard Ham of Portsmouth, Virginia speaks of his time in the Second World War. His stories include why he wears a Nazi officer's watch, the fortuitous reunion with a brother on the streets of Paris, and how he found his...

An interview about the life and American perspective of my grandfather.

An eight-year olds perspective of the liberation of Paris towards the end of World War II.

Jean Octave Gabriel Deschâtres (business name: Jean Phillipe) begins by reflecting on his parents’ meeting and circumstances surrounding his birth in France. He moves on to outline a few of his father’s specific experiences during WWII, then discusses how those...

AnnaLea Sreba interviewing her Grandmother, Jenny Tyrcz. She hears the story about how her great grandmother immigrated into Canada from Poland. She finds out that Jenny's mother originally went to France, meeting her dad. Who then brings them to Canada,...

My mom and I talked a lot about being grateful for every day you are here!

Dorothy Whitfield Chisholm (98) speaks with her son, Graham Chisholm (62) about her experience joining the British Army at age 18 in 1941, and then transferring over to the US Army in Great Britain in 1942, being wounded by a...

Michelle Bear is a project manager at an architecture firm in Saint Louis. She also works out of offices in Chicago and Toronto and has spent much of her career traveling to places like Pakistan, Mexico, Italy, France, and many...

Henry McCoy (59) sits down with his mother-in-law, Margaret Black (85), to ask about her and her sisters' adventures in "show biz."

Elizabeth Coleman [no age given] talks with her OSS conversation partner John "Jack" W. LeSar [no age given] about their childhoods and school experiences. They also discuss their time abroad, in the Peace Corps and the Army respectively, and their...

David Wesley, Christopher Leitch and Stuart Hinds talk about the work of Christopher and Stuart with GLAMA and LBGTQIA initiatives.

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,...

Janice Peterson (78) tells her friend Duanne Lafrenz (77) about her 6 week trip to Europe.

Me and my (step)mom talk about many personal and in depth life changes

My mom tells the story of how we got back from Paris on a train.

Talked about momentous events in my dad’s life.

Sam's grandfather tells about his time in Egypt and how he got to America.

A young woman arrives in Paris at age 16 to start a career in modeling

My dad tells about how it was being in the military and giving details about his life that I didn’t get to see when I was little.

I had a talk with my grandmother (moms side) about her life growing up as a military brat during the Vietnam war, along with her life with my now late grandfather ( Curtis Kirby)

Spouses, Trinh Jones (59) and Tim Jones (58), talk about their contrasting childhoods in Saigon, Vietnam and Troy, Missouri, as well as the shared values that bring them together. They also reminisce about their early relationship, raising their two sons,...

Jim talks about his time with LadySmith Mambazo and more!

Amy Howell (46) shares a conversation with her husband, Luca Coletāo [no age given], about how they first met, their time in Paris together, their decision to move to North Carolina, their son, and their hopes for the future.

We discuss raising me and my impact on my dads life. We talk about how he parented me and the many ups and not so many downs.