“What was it like being a chaplain at war in Vietnam?”

Carol Harllee interviews her father, Robert.

Recorded in Charlottesville, VA

“He said, ‘When the border patrol changes shifts, you’re going to run.’”

Blanca Alvarez tells her daughter, Connie, about illegally crossing the border from Mexico to the United States.

Recorded in Los Angeles, CA

“He said, ‘Someone told me you might feed my family.’”

81-year-old Virginia Fairbrother tells her daughter, Laurel Kaae, a story from the Depression.

Recorded in Bismark, ND

“I still see him in my dreams.”

World War II veteran Joseph Robertson tells his son-in-law, John Fish, Jr., about a soldier he killed in combat.

Recorded in Columbus, OH

“His sister idolized him.”

John and Elaine Leinung remember their son, Paul J. Battaglia, who was killed in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

Recorded in New York, NY

“How do you think you’ve changed?”

Keith Meerholz and his wife, Grete, talk about his escape from the World Trade Center’s North Tower on September 11, 2001.

Recorded in New York, NY

“What was the saddest moment of your life?”

Ezra Awumey to his grandfather, Sam Harmon.

Recorded in Washington, D.C.

“I never knew how people were going to respond when I said Tom died of AIDS.”

Mary Caplan tells her friend Emily Collazo about her brother’s death from AIDS in the early 1980s.

Recorded in New York, NY

“”All I know is I was given the bag complete, which they had filled with about fifteen pigeons.”

Mitchell Agoos remembers protesting the 1955 Carnegie Hall debut of conductor Herbert von Karajan, a former member of the Nazi party.

Recorded in New York, NY

“We would drive into whatever was the closest town and approach the police and ask, ‘Where is the colored section?’”

Patricia Adams tells her friend Louisa Stephens about traveling in the South during segregation.

Recorded in New York, NY