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Jeanne talks about growing up in the early twentieth century.

Amelia (9) and Nathan (6) learn about Great-Grandma’s (93) childhood, meeting Great-Grandpa in Detroit, WWII and how schools are different today.

Ms. Levin, my family friend who is 90 years old, talked to me about her experience during WWII.

Angela Napili interviewed her dad Manuel Napili, 83, about his childhood memories of the Philippines. At 3:00 he described what it was like to grow up near an active volcano. Starting at 17:30 and at 20:17 he discussed his memories...

From Germany to Pittsburgh

Leighanne Martin Wright: 2023-06-06 14:37:39 Leighanne, 65, and her father Al, 95 talk about his memories of his father during WWII and his own experiences as a sailor in the Antarctic. Al also touched on his time aboard an icebreaker...

Rachel Markowitz at 86 talks with her son Michael Kuperstein 61 and grandson Zach Kuperstein 26 about some of her early life with Michael and her WWII and Holocaust experiences

On the 75th anniversary of D-Day, a grandson talks with his 98-year-old grandfather about his childhood, his Bronze Star service in Italy during WW2, and adapting to life after service

Ana remembers her role and impact on the arts community in Houston, Texas

David Tilson, a 92-year old World War 2 veteran, reminisces about his 43 months of service in England, and in the Philippines on a tugboat four days before the first atomic blast.

this interview outlines the life of a child living in Germany during WWII. what was is like living through the war? how were times different? what is the meaning of war to a survivor of the greatest war to ever...

Museum of the Rockies Docent, Maury Irvine, shares his story about attempting to enlist in WWII 27 times and his experiences as a Merchant Marine during WWII.

My dad reflects on his early life as the child of first-generation Scottish immigrants in the New York slums and the people, opportunities, and luck that influenced his life’s path.

Frank Smaka tells his daughter Beth about leaving Poland to come to America as a kid, about his family’s history, adjusting to life in America, and how he met Beth’s mother.

Harold Brashear (83) talks with his granddaughter Ivy Brashear (24) and daughter Pamela Brashear (57) about growing up in Kentucky and his family.

Jacquelyn Stokes (65) and her son Quenton Stokes-Brown (25) discuss the members of their family who have served in the military: Dr. Lewis Wright Jr, Thomas Elder Stokes, Charles “Sonny” Couch, Wadesworth Brown Jr, and Jasen Wadesworth Brown.

Veronica Carberry tells her story of growing up during WWII and raising her family in the United States. She is celebrating 85 years of life today.

Lauren M. Landau (30) speaks with her grandfather, Leonard M. Landau (99), about his childhood in the Bronx, serving in London and France during World War II, and getting by during COVID-19 compared to the Great Depression.

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,...

Interview with my grandparents

This was an interview about the memories of Gudmund Iversen during his time as child in Trondheim, Norway, during the German occupation. Although just a young lad, he shares vivid memories of that tumultuous time.

First interview while on car trip from Tyler TX to Beaumont TX, December 2018.

This Nurse, Wife, Mother, and Grandmother talks about her childhood in the Philippines and her path to the US.

A German immigrant discusses his childhood in WWII Germany and his personal reckoning that Has resulted research and writing about German force labor camps.

Danielle interviews her father, Ted, about his time in the Dutch army in WWII, stationed in New Guinea