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Oral History of Ken To
No full textAn oral history with Mr. Ken To, born in 1962 in Phan Thiet, Vietnam. He was a student learning Chinese and English from 1966 to 1975. After the collapse of South Vietnam, he failed his first attempt at escaping in 1975 but then managed to successfully escape in 1978 by boat to a refugee camp in Pulau Bidong. He left Pulau Bidong in September 1979 via family sponsorship through his cousins who had settled in California after escaping a year prior by flying from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to California, USA. He discussed his memories of where he was born and how he grew up in Saigon before 1975. He also discussed memories of leaving Vietnam and the struggles he had to overcome during the journey from escaping Vietnam to Pulau Bidong by boat and finally to America via family sponsorship. After coming to the United States, he eventually became a naturalized citizen and took a job as a cashier for most of his life and then became an account executive working at a mortgage company. He lives in Orange, California with his wife and two children.Recorded Digitall
Portrait of Ken Nerger
No full textThis is a portrait of Ken Nerger created by Emile B. Klein. This portrait is a part of the You're U.S. project (http://youreus.com/). Created by Emile Klein, You’re U.S. is a unique ethnographic project using arts and craftsmanship to display the distinctive character of people across America.Portrait by Emile B. Klein. Oil on linen, mounted on panel, 12×18″.You're U.S. is fiscally sponsored by Artspire, a program of The New York Foundation for the Arts
Ticket to a Ken Medema Concert
No full textTicket to a concert featuring Ken Medema, Garth Hewitt, and Cynthia Clawson held at the Godwin Heights Auditorium in Wyoming, Michigan, on Friday, November 25, 1988
Oral History Interview with Ken Winters
No full textThe National Museum of the Pacific War presents a monologue with Ken Winters. Winters served as a Navy pilot in World War II. After the surrender signing, Winters flew Admiral Chester Nimitz in a PB2Y Coronado from Saipan to CINCPAC headquarters in Guam. He speaks on the short-snorter and signatures that he accumulated while traveling to the various countries he served in. While transporting Admiral Nimitz he asked him to sign his treasured banknote, which the Admiral complied and with the pen he used to sign the surrender aboard the USS Missouri (BB-63)
Ticket to a Ken Medema Concert
No full textTicket to a concert featuring Ken Medema, Garth Hewitt, and Cynthia Clawson held at the Godwin Heights Auditorium in Wyoming, Michigan, on Friday, November 25, 1988
Oral History Interview with Ken Jernstedt
No full textThe National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ken Jernstedt. Jernstedt was a flight leader in the Flying Tigers, 3rd Squadron. He recounts a mission in Burma where he and another pilot were credited with destroying 15 Japanese planes. He and the interviewer discuss the lives and characters of his fellow squadron members, including aces Julie Richard Rossi and R.T. Smith. They speak particularly fondly of P.J. Greene
Ken Robson
No full text"Lt Ken Robson Feb 42 to Sept 43 8th Batt. VX103427".Lieutenant Ken Robson. February 42 to September 43, 8th Battalion. VX103427
Audio interview of Ken Nerger
No full textAn interview with Ken Nerger, former gallery manager and chemical disposal worker.
This interview is a part of the You're U.S. project (http://youreus.com/). Created by Emile Klein, You’re U.S. is a unique ethnographic project using arts and craftsmanship to display the distinctive character of people across America. Its goal is to create an engaging and accessible public archive of American people and their histories, an archive that provides diverse opinions and honest representations of those documented.The Saxophone samples by Joshua Marshall.You're U.S. is fiscally sponsored by Artspire, a program of The New York Foundation for the Arts
United We Can — with Ken Lyotier
No full textKen Lyotier has lived and worked in the Downtown Eastside since the late 1970s, and is the founder and former Executive Director of United We Can. Ken founded United We Can, a non-profit bottle depot, in 1995 in order to provide work experience opportunities and income for residents of the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. A community leader, Ken has advised the city of Vancouver and many other groups on social issues, such as medical and housing services and poverty alleviation in Vancouver\u27s inner-City. His work has been well recognized. He is a recipient of the Medal for Meritorious Service by the Governor-General of Canada, an Environmental Citizenship Award by the Province of British Columbia, the Civic Merit Award by the City of Vancouver, and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of British Columbia. Resources:— United We Can: www.unitedwecan.ca/— Binners\u27 Project: www.binnersproject.org/— CBC IDEAS documentary on Ken Lyotier: www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/meet-ke…l-kennedy-1.518896
Ken Marthey's parents and his children
No full textKen Marthey's parents (Frank Marthey and wife - first name unknown) and Ken's two children, Kurt Marthey and Susan Marthey, next to the temporary shack that Marthey built while building his adobe home
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