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Cousins Jennifer Swanson and Carla Swanson Gawthrop interview their Aunt Carroll as the extended family is gathered for a wedding. Carroll shares memories of growing up with Grandma Jesse Willits and the Chesapeake Bay farm house, her mom Georgianna Mooma...

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...

I had a conversation with Ms. Wu who served from 1994 to 2006 in the United States Navy. We discussed her initial experiences and what inspired her to join the Navy after high school. We discussed career opportunities and the...

Barbara Hester Kurtz (87) talks with her granddaughter Susan Scott Peterson (39) about living in Japan during the U.S. occupation after World War II. She discusses learning to drive there, boarding a military transport ship by herself to go back...

Barbara Hester Kurtz (87) talks with her granddaughter Susan Scott Peterson (39) about her relationship with her father during her teenage years and living in Japan during the U.S. occupation following World War II.

Barbara Hester Kurtz (87) talks with her granddaughter Susan Scott Peterson (38) about her parents, relatives and early childhood in Mississippi.

Steve Desroches (48) talks to Jeffrey Roberson about his career as drag queen Varla Jean Merman, and in particular his time and work in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Daphne Xu (19) talks with her classmates, Alina Zhang(19) about their imagination about their college life and some experience and suggestion on domitory life.

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

As Carol Leatherman shares, "Home is where I feel like my heart is at peace" - and Carol has learned that many places can offer that sense of calm and belonging. Carol and her family have lived in spots as...