History
Jim O’Neill – Meeting Senator JFK
Jim O’Neill recounts meeting President Kennedy when he was still a US Senator, and then later reacting to his assassination. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Jack Repp – Life in Occupied Poland
Jack talks about what it was like to live under Nazi rule in occupied Poland. CLICK HERE to see Jack Repp’s Short Story on being a nazi hunter in The Holocaust Category! CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Joe Applewhite – Sharecropping
Joe Applewhite discusses his grandfather who took part in the start of Sharecropping after the Civil War. Joe also talks about his great-grandfather who was a Captain in the Civil War until he was petitioned out. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History CLICK HERE to see Joe’s Short Story about his near-death experience…
Emma Jean Layl – Growing Up During the Great Depression
Emma Jean Layl talks about what it was like growing up during the Great Depression. She recalls calling people “tramps” which back then meant people who go house to house begging to work for food. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Donald Halsey – Nixon’s Plane
Donald Halsey designed the interior of President Nixon’s airplane in Air Force 1. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Jack Repp – Nazi Hunter
Jack Repp survived unbelievable conditions for 6 years in Nazi Concentration Camps. He was forced to walk 12 hours a day, he had all his teeth pulled out, and was forced to burn piles of live people. After his release, he went to work for the US Secret Service as a Nazi Hunter. CLICK HERE…
David Romanik – Modern Inventions
David Romanik talks about modern inventions that he saw change the world. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Dean Willis – JFK
Dean Willis recalls the day President Kennedy was shot. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Norma Apt – JFK’s Funeral
Norma Apt saw President Kennedy on Veterans Day in 1963 and attended his funeral a few days later. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Larry Mallory – Faulkner’s Plantation
Larry Mallory’s grandmother grew up on William Faulkner’s plantation. Faulkner’s daughter would teach the slave camp how to read. CLICK HERE to see Larry Mallory’s Short Story on MLK! CLICK HERE to see his Short Story on the first African American field goal holder in the NFL in the Professional Sports Category! CLICK HERE to see…
Esther Bramnick – Marina Oswald and Missile Crisis
Esther talks about how she waited on Marina Oswald at the Nieman Marcus department store. She also talks about the Cuban Missile Crisis. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Max Edward Tonkon – Jackie Kennedy’s Hat
Max Tonkon kept a hat just like Jackie Kennedy’s on his credenza. In this video he talks about the Priest involved with President Kennedy’s last rights. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Desmond Fuller – Childhood During The Great Depression
Desmond Fuller talks about his difficult childhood during the Great Depression. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Richard Redden – JFK and 9/11
Rick talks about being the new kid in school right after the Kennedy assassination, seeing Lee Harvey Oswald’s killing live on TV, and how he remembers 9/11. CLICK HERE to see Rick’s full Oral History! CLICK HERE to see Rick’s Oral History discussing the meaning of Service and Sacrifice to our nation.
Larry Mallory – MLK
Larry Mallory was in Memphis when Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. He says the vast presence of the military and police in his neighborhood afterward had a lasting effect on him. CLICK HERE to see Larry’s Short Story on the first African American field goal holder in the NFL in the Professional Sports Category! CLICK HERE…
Allie Jene Barksdale – Amazing Moments
Allie talks about the Kennedy assassination, moon landing, and other impactful events throughout her life. CLICK HERE to see Allie’s Short Story about leaving cards in the window for the Ice Man, in the General Subjects & Everyday Life Category! CLICK HERE to watch her full Oral History!
Cosette “Cosy” Parker – Tennessee Great Depression
Cosy Parker recalls growing up during the Great Depression in Tennessee. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Dr. Stanley Feld – JFK Shooting News
Dr. Stanley Feld was working with a 28 year old heart attack victim when he heard about President Kennedy being shot. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Milka “Miki” Snediker – German Occupation
Miki Snediker lived in Belgrade when the Germans invaded and was sent back to Austria where she was picked up by the German’s and forced into a concentration camp. She was freed just before the Russians invaded. CLICK HERE to see Milka’s Short Story about what it was like to live in occupied Vienna in…
Terry Teitelbaum – Baseball Cards
Terry talks about his favorite New York Yankee players & collecting baseball cards growing up. CLICK HERE to see Terry’s Short Story about a special game of marbles that he played as a child in the General Subjects and Everyday Life Category! CLICK HERE to see the full Oral History.
Jack Bradshaw – Stockbroker Father During the Great Depression
Jack’s father was a stockbroker during the Great Depression and even saved his company from a scam that almost sunk their company. CLICK HERE to see Jack Bradshaw’s Short Story on the Civil War in the Civil War Category! CLICK HERE to see his Short Story about joining the British Royal Air Force in the WWII –…
Margery Nudelman Karpel – 1950’s Segregation
Margey Karpel first witnessed segregation in the early 1950’s as a new bride in Dallas, TX. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Al Davis – Integration in 1960’s Football
Al Davis went to a segregated school until 1963-64 when a quarter back from the other schools recruited him. Click HERE to see Al’s full Oral History!
Richard Aston – Child Care
Richard Aston gives a new meaning to “child care”, defines “farmed out” and discusses the Great Depression. CLICK HERE to watch as Richard’s Short Story about going to the Movie Theater to watch Newsreels during WWII, in the WWII – Europe and at Home category! CLICK HERE to watch Richard’s Short Story about how automation…
Mitchell Jones – Nuclear Weapon Testing on Animals
Mitchell Jones witnessed the testing of nuclear weapons. While in the military he was tasked with recovering animals that were killed in the tests of the weapons. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History