Category: Witness

“We nicknamed him The Tiger because he was so mean...”

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Korean War POW Wayman Simpson remembers the Korean officer who led the Tiger Death March, a brutal trek that claimed nearly 100 lives.

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Recorded in Lawton, OK.

“Recess came and the boys had a football...”

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Mweupe Mfalme Nguni remembers his first day at an integrated elementary school in 1965.

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Recorded in Oakland, CA.

“One of the soldiers was crying...”

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Jean Thackeray tells her daughter-in-law, Susan, about a German POW who worked on her father's farm during World War II.

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Recorded in Logan, UT.

“Remember when you were asking me 'Hey Dad were you in a war?'”

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Brian Delate tells his daughter, Tirsa, about serving during the Vietnam War.

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Recorded in New York, NY.

“I really miss so much about New Orleans...”

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Antoinette Franklin (R) and her niece, Iriel Franklin, talk about relocating to Houston after Hurricane Katrina.

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Recorded in Houston, TX. Click here for more Hurricane Katrina stories.

“I would see tons of doctors...”

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Gloria Mengual tells her partner, Charles Gregory, about growing up with epilepsy.

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Recorded in Hartford, CT. Click here for more from Historias.

“I had never been to the circus before...”

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Maureen Krekian tells her daughters, Lynn Everett and Joanne Krekian, about surviving the Hartford Circus Fire of 1944.

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Recorded in Hartford, CT.

“A car drove up late evening...”

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Trudy Henry tells her daughter Jan Scoggins about some unexpected visitors.

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Recorded in Garden City, KS.

“The day that we put him on the plane was one of the saddest days of my life.”

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Eileen Tarr and her sister Ellen Hess remember their father leaving for the Vietnam War.

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Recorded in Richmond, VA.

“He asked me, 'How many black jelly beans are in the jar...'”

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Theresa Burroughs tells her daughter Toni Love about registering to vote.

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Recorded in Tuscaloosa, AL.

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