The story of being in the military

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.

Apush final #1

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)

Interview With Carl Basile about Raising Me (Adeline Basile)

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.

Traveling to Paris at age 16
November 24, 2017 App Interview

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

Interview with my mom

I interviewed my mom at Nausheen Doyle and she shared a little bit about her past life and her president and her future

Elder Interview

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

Berle Clay

Moving to the farm, early education, rural/urban connection, college and grad school

Oh, the places we’ve seen!

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,...

The big listen

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...

Nazi watches, German wine, and American music in WWII: a soldier's story

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...

Paris Citizen; World War II

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

Valdez

Talking with my prep teacher Mr.Valdez

Baby in a Suitcase

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,...

ELA interview

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

Interview with Dorothy Whitfield Chisholm on her experience in WWII — Winning the Purple Heart, Serving in Paris by Graham Chisholm

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...

The Deschâtres Family Through The Eyes Of Jean Deschâtres: WWII And Beyond

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...

How The D’Aschebergs came to America

The D’Ascheberg’s came to America in the early 1950’s from Paris in order to become blueberry farmers. This interview discusses why they got to Paris in the first place, and where they were even before that!