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Do You Have Any Memories About WWII?
Question: Do you have any memories about Pearl Harbor or World War II? Do you know people who served in World War II? In what ways did World War II affect you personally?
Answer: “The was was over in 1945 and I was born in 1947. I saw movies growing up. My dad was in the Navy and he was on the destroyers. My dad worked a lathe, he built torpedoes. One time I even got one. I did know people in WWII. I remember relatives talking about the big loss that our country had experienced.” Question: Do you remember anything about the assassination of Kennedy?
Answer: “I was at a high school pep-rally. I went to a Catholic all-boy high school. When we found out about Kennedy’s death, we began to pray. Then, I had too take the bus home. We went through
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I do not remember where I was. He again remembers watching it over and over again.
Question: Do you have any memories about segregation?
Answer: “Personally, I do not remember very much segregation because my family was very inclusive. I do remember riots in Rochester.
Question: Do you have any memories about the moon landing?
Answer: I had just gotten out of college. It was just before you mother was born. I remember watching it on tv, just hoping that Neil Armstrong and his crew would get liftoff. I remember what Neil said, “One small step for a man, a giant leap for mankind.” I remember when they landed, there was a lot of dust, jumping, and excitement.
Question: “Do you have any memories about the Challenger explosion?
Answer: I remember that the Challenger got delayed for six days because of weather and problems with the rocket. I remember being excited for the first civilian going on a rocket. It was very cold at the Kennedy Space Center so the engineers did not think that the o-rings would stay put. Obviously they were right. For about two to five years there were no rockets flying in the sky.”
Question: Do you have any memories about the Berlin Wall coming
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Answer: I enjoyed playing with friends, having family parties, riding my bike, basketball, and sledding.

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Question: Do you have any memories about Kennedy’s assassination?
Answer: “I remember it was super shocking to hear. I remember the teacher coming to tellk the class. It was probably the most devastating thing I had ever heard because I had not lost anyone important in my life. My family followed the life of the Kennedy’s. I loved Caroline Kennedy, I used to sing her song “My Daddy’s President” in the front yard.”
Question: Do you have any memories about segregation?
Answer: “I lived in an all-white community in Minnesota. All I could react to wads what I saw on TV and the stories I heard. I could not imagine people being so rude to someone just because their skin is a different color.”
Question: Do you have any memories about the moon landing?
Answer: “I remember I was a junior in high school., During the school day, they stopped class and we watched it. This was definitely not an everyday occurence like it is today.”
Question: “Do you have any memories about the Challenger

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