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Kibo interviews his parent, Hiroyuki and Maria, about having the same birthday, their first date, and being a multiracial couple.

Dr. Warren Minami, National Japanese American Memorial Foundation (NJAMF) Chair Emeritus, recounts his early life experience at the Gila River, Arizona incarceration camp and its impact on him and his family, including their later involvement with Asian American causes. Unedited...

I interview my father Kurt Thams about his father, Torben Thams, during WWII and how this made my grandfathers life challenging.

This is a first-person account of what a young Iowa farm boy experienced after the escort carrier he was stationed on was sunk and the harrowing 48 hours spent floating in the Pacific Ocean before being rescued.

Interviewed our grandmother about her life.

Interview with Grandfather on Thanksgiving weekend.

Michele recorded a conversation with her mother in 2007. It includes many questions about her sister, Carol Ann Bulkley Johnson and her father Rollo Newman Bulkley

Interview with the grandchildren on her life in Romania, Argentina, Uruguay, and the United States.

World War Two veteran and longtime Watsonville native, Al Hopson tells of his time in the United States Army Air Corps (now called the US Air Force). He enlisted in February of 1943 on his eighteenth birthday. His intention was...

Jonathan Karpoff (63) interviews his father, Fred Karpoff (98), about his experiences with social justice efforts, anti-Communist sentiments and his hopes for the future.

My grandma tells the story of my grandpa during WWII

Edward Bloch (87) talks with his cousin Meredith Skeath (71) about his father helping Jewish families escape from Europe before WWII, his courtship of Carol, how they started a family, and the importance of finding work you love and realizing...

Interview with Tom Venice

Susan Gamson, 66, is interviewed by her son, Michael Gamson, 41.

Renee Cirimelli recounts her childhood while under German duress, her transition into American culture, and how she met her husband in the United States.

I interviewed my grandfather in order to learn more about his experience living in a Japanese internment camp during WWII.

Scott Hamilton (50) interviews his father, Albert Hamilton (76) about his family, his faith, and serving in the army.

Mitzi Miyoshi (48) interviews her uncle, Sam Terasaki (83) about his WWII experience in the Japanese-American and Hawaiian 442nd Infantry Regiment.

Recording May 8, 2018 – In the 1950s with both parents working, sisters Susan Ahrens and Mary Ashman rode the bus to the local Downey City Library in the summer to load up on books. This library was part of...

Interview with my grandpa on WWII homefront

Lorna Brown, lifelong Vermonter, talks about her experience growing up during WWII and differences between her life and the lives of her grandchildren

Grandma Joyce's story: growing up on the farm, leaving home and life after getting married