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Life in the United States Time 0:01:07 Transcript Tom Corcoran (TC): Yup. So I didn’t come back and as soon as I didn’t come back, I lost whatever college deferment I had as far as the military was concerned. And then I ended up in the military. I got drafted. Emily Burton (EB): You got drafted. …
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Time 0:02:23 Transcript My Oma was always very close with her sister. They had three brothers and their mother died when they were young, so they stuck together and supported one another as they were growing up. When she got married, my Oma made the decision to move with her new husband to Canada. …
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Life in the United States Time 0:02:22 Transcript I had just graduated from university—1965. I wasn’t home two weeks. This would be in May because school used to end in the end of April there. I was home two weeks and I got a letter from the government saying to report to Portland, Maine for your …
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Leaving the United States CMIP 21 · Decision to Come to Canada Time 0:01:51 Transcript They advertised in one of the American journals and this was a job for a researcher in their clinical investigation unit. And I applied. And they accepted me. So, the second pull, as I say, I had some familiarity …
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Time 0:03:35 Transcript When I was young, whenever I got the chance, I would always tag along with my mom. She works for Unicef and always went away on small trips to rural areas or villages. I liked packing, getting ready to go, eating quickly, and jumping into the uncief car. I liked looking out …
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Leaving the United States Time 0:02:25 Transcript Because I had all these memories about—I shared earlier about—"How could you do this to your mother? How could you do this to your family? How could you do this to people who loved you? How could you do this to your country? You're a communist. …
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Family Reaction to Leaving - Bruce Bolin …
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Time 0:03:03 Transcript My mother passed away when I finished my university, she was a professor in the university that I studied. At that time, because so many classmates, friends and relatives were around me, I didn’t feel very sad or depressed. I was surprised how all well I handle this tragedy. …
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Leaving the United States Time 0:01:30 Transcript And I had come from a family where my father had been drafted and served five years in the U.S. Army during World War Two and seen enough to realize that war is not good. He was on the winning side and he survived it without any physical injury um …
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Leaving the United States Time 0:01:14 Transcript Leaving the US was difficult, like I said, besides family and friends, neighborhood, what your familiar with. You know, it was really difficult on many levels. I felt really guilty. I was leaving behind people that I knew, you know, I had friends …