Kallas, Linda. Interview December 22, 2022.
subject: Arts education
subject: Basket making
subject: California State University San Marcos
subject: Death and remembrance
subject: Education -- Native Americans
subject: Illustration of books
subject: Luiseño Indians
subject: Pablo Tac Elementary School (Oceanside, Calif.)
subject: Valley Arts Festival (Oceanside, Calif.)
subject: Women artists
description: Oral history interview of Linda Kallas, December 22, 2022. Interview conducted by Diania L. Caudell. Linda Kallas is a retired middle school art and drama teacher who has collaborated with other local artists and authors on a variety of endeavors, including illustrating "Mel and the Blue Arrow" written by Mel Vernon (Luiseño). Kallas and Vernon also collaborated on a Luiseño/English coloring book and on an arts integrated curriculum taught at Pablo Tac Elementary School in Oceanside. Kallas is also on the committee for the Valley Arts Festival that celebrates Luiseño culture each November at Heritage Park, Oceanside. In her interview, Kallas talks to Diania Caudell about topics such as family, school, higher education, post-college life, and her various art and cultural projects.
creator: Linda Kallas
publisher: California State University San Marcos University Library
date: 2022-12-22
contributor: Diania Caudell
rights: In copyright
format: video
language: English
coverage: Oceanside (Calif.)

Kallas, Linda. Interview transcript, December 22, 2022.
subject: Arts education
subject: Basket making
subject: California State University San Marcos
subject: Death and remembrance
subject: Education -- Native Americans
subject: Illustration of books
subject: Luiseño Indians
subject: Pablo Tac Elementary School (Oceanside, Calif.)
subject: Valley Arts Festival (Oceanside, Calif.)
subject: Women artists
description: Transcript of oral history interview of Linda Kallas, December 22, 2022. Interview conducted by Diania L. Caudell. Linda Kallas is a retired middle school art and drama teacher who has collaborated with other local artists and authors on a variety of endeavors, including illustrating "Mel and the Blue Arrow" written by Mel Vernon (Luiseño). Kallas and Vernon also collaborated on a Luiseño/English coloring book and on an arts integrated curriculum taught at Pablo Tac Elementary School in Oceanside. Kallas is also on the committee for the Valley Arts Festival that celebrates Luiseño culture each November at Heritage Park, Oceanside. In her interview, Kallas talks to Diania Caudell about topics such as family, school, higher education, post-college life, and her various art and cultural projects.
creator: Linda Kallas
publisher: California State University San Marcos University Library
date: 2022-12-22
contributor: Diania Caudell
contributor: Melissa Martin
rights: In copyright
format: text
language: English
coverage: Oceanside (Calif.)

Knowles, Cheryl (Cheryl Dinning). Interview May 16, 2013
subject: Afghan War, 2001-2021
subject: Gay military personnel -- United States
subject: Iraq War, 2003-2011
subject: LGBTQ+ life
subject: United States. Navy
description: Interview with Cheryl Knowles (Cheryl Dinning), Petty Officer First Class, United States Navy. In her interview, Dinning discusses her enlistment, basic and advanced training, and four deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Knowles also discusses life in the Navy, including shipboard life, as well as what it was like serving in the Navy as a lesbian during the Don't Act, Don't Tell era, an how if forced her to lead a double life and impacted her ability to be her genuine self and to grieve the loss of her daughter. This interview was conducted as part of the CSUSM Veterans Voices project, facilitated by the California State University San Marcos History Department, from 2012-2013. Veterans Voices (originally called War at Home and Abroad) documents, preserves, and makes accessible the experiences of CSUSM's student veterans. This interview was conducted with a "self-interviewing" protocol, a process drawn from a technique known as Digital Storytelling, which invites the narrator to self-author the interview, telling their story from their perspective, in their own words, and in their own manner. Narrators were provided a list of topics and interview guidelines emphasizing that they could use all, some, or none of the topics as they fashioned their stories about military service and related experiences, thus allowing each narrator to decide what they deemed to be historically important.
creator: Cheryl Knowles (Cheryl Dinning)
publisher: California State University San Marcos University Library
date: 2013-05-16
rights: In copyright
format: video
language: English

Knowles, Cheryl (Cheryl Dinning). Interview transcript, May 16, 2013.
subject: Afghan War, 2001-2021
subject: Gay military personnel--United States
subject: Great Lakes Naval Training Center (Great Lakes, Ill.)
subject: Iraq War, 2003-2011
subject: LGBTQ+ life
subject: United States. Navy
subject: United States. Navy -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
description: Transcript of interview of Cheryl Knowles (Cheryl Dinning), Petty Officer First Class, United States Navy. In her interview, Knowles discusses her enlistment, basic and advanced training, and four deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Knowles also discusses life in the Navy, including shipboard life, as well as what it was like serving in the Navy as a lesbian during the Don't Act, Don't Tell era, and how it forced her to lead a double life and impacted her ability to be her genuine self and to grieve the loss of her daughter. This interview was conducted as part of the War At Home and Abroad (WAHA) project, now called the CSUSM Veterans Voices project. WAHA was conducted by the California State University San Marcos History Department in collaboration with the CSUSM Student Veterans Center (now the Epstein Family Veterans Center) from 2012-2013. The project aimed to document, preserve, and make accessible the experiences of CSUSM's student veterans. Portions of this interview were edited, including the removal of the interviewer from the recording.
creator: Cheryl Knowles (Cheryl Dinning)
source: War At Home and Abroad oral histories
publisher: California State University San Marcos University Library
date: 2013-05-16
contributor: Anthony Mino
contributor: California State University San Marcos. History Department
rights: In copyright
relation: CSUSM Veterans Voices oral histories (external link)
language: English
type: text
coverage: Afghanistan
coverage: Dubai
coverage: Iraq
coverage: San Diego (Calif.)

Labrado, Ed. Interview November 17th, 2025.
subject: United States. Army
subject: United States. Army—Officers
subject: United States. Army. Signal Corps
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: Cold War
subject: University of California, Santa Barbara
subject: Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945
subject: United States. Army. Army, 3rd
subject: United States. Army. Armored Division, 6th
subject: United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps
subject: Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (United States)
subject: Camp Roberts (Calif.)
subject: M1 rifle
subject: World War, 1914-1918
subject: Korean War, 1950-1953
subject: M14 rifle
subject: M16 rifle
subject: Fort Gordon (Ga.)
subject: Fort Monmouth (N.J.)
subject: Cryptography
subject: Missiles
subject: Fort Ord (Calif.)
subject: Funeral rites and ceremonies
subject: Noncommissioned officers
subject: Post-traumatic stress disorder
subject: Warsaw Pact (1955-1991)
subject: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
subject: Bank of America, National Association
subject: Nike Hercules missile
subject: Nuclear weapons
subject: Ramstein Air Base (Germany)
subject: Kennedy, John F., 1917-1963—Assassination
subject: Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
subject: United States. Army—Deserters
subject: Nuclear warfare
subject: Deterrence (Strategy)
subject: Peace Corps (U.S.)
description: Edwin Joseph Labrado Jr. was a captain in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. He was deployed in Europe during the Vietnam War. Labrado was born and raised in Santa Barbara, where he graduated from UCSB and completed the Army's four-year ROTC program. After graduation, he was assigned to the Army Signal Corps and later deployed to Europe. In Europe, he served as a battalion signal officer for a Nike Hercules missile battalion that had nuclear warheads. Some of his other responsibilities included communications training, military funeral honors, and the inspection of firing batteries. In this oral history interview, Labrado reflected on the Cold War, the US anti-Vietnam War movement, and how Americans treat veterans after military service.
creator: Ed Labrado
publisher: California State University San Marcos University Library
date: 2025-11-17
contributor: Jason Beyer
rights: In copyright
format: video
language: English
coverage: Europe
coverage: Santa Barbara (Calif.)
coverage: Port Hueneme (Calif.)
coverage: California
coverage: Ventura (Calif.)
coverage: Georgia
coverage: New Jersey
coverage: Monterey (Calif.)
coverage: Oakland (Calif.)
coverage: Russia (Federation)
coverage: Soviet Union
coverage: Germany (East)
coverage: Germany (West)
coverage: Korea
coverage: Vietnam
coverage: Isla Vista (Calif.)
coverage: France
coverage: Germany
coverage: United States
coverage: Ukraine
coverage: Nagasaki (Japan)

Labrado, Ed. Interview transcript, November 17, 2025.
subject: United States. Army
subject: United States. Army—Officers
subject: United States. Army. Signal Corps
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: Cold War
subject: University of California, Santa Barbara
subject: Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945
subject: United States. Army. Army, 3rd
subject: United States. Army. Armored Division, 6th
subject: United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps
subject: Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (United States)
subject: Camp Roberts (Calif.)
subject: M1 rifle
subject: World War, 1914-1918
subject: Korean War, 1950-1953
subject: M14 rifle
subject: M16 rifle
subject: Fort Gordon (Ga.)
subject: Fort Monmouth (N.J.)
subject: Cryptography
subject: Missiles
subject: Fort Ord (Calif.)
subject: Funeral rites and ceremonies
subject: Noncommissioned officers
subject: Post-traumatic stress disorder
subject: Warsaw Pact (1955-1991)
subject: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
subject: Bank of America, National Association
subject: Nike Hercules missile
subject: Nuclear weapons
subject: Ramstein Air Base (Germany)
subject: Kennedy, John F., 1917-1963—Assassination
subject: Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
subject: United States. Army—Deserters
subject: Nuclear warfare
subject: Deterrence (Strategy)
subject: Peace Corps (U.S.)
description: Edwin Joseph Labrado Jr. was a captain in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. He was deployed in Europe during the Vietnam War. Labrado was born and raised in Santa Barbara, where he graduated from UCSB and completed the Army's four-year ROTC program. After graduation, he was assigned to the Army Signal Corps and later deployed to Europe. In Europe, he served as a battalion signal officer for a Nike Hercules missile battalion that had nuclear warheads. Some of his other responsibilities included communications training, military funeral honors, and the inspection of firing batteries. In this oral history interview, Labrado reflected on the Cold War, the US anti-Vietnam War movement, and how Americans treat veterans after military service.
creator: Ed Labrado
publisher: California State University San Marcos University Library
date: 2025-11-17
contributor: Jason Beyer
rights: In copyright
format: text
language: English
coverage: Europe
coverage: Santa Barbara (Calif.)
coverage: Port Hueneme (Calif.)
coverage: California
coverage: Ventura (Calif.)
coverage: Georgia
coverage: New Jersey
coverage: Monterey (Calif.)
coverage: Oakland (Calif.)
coverage: Russia (Federation)
coverage: Soviet Union
coverage: Germany (East)
coverage: Germany (West)
coverage: Korea
coverage: Vietnam
coverage: Isla Vista (Calif.)
coverage: France
coverage: Germany
coverage: United States
coverage: Ukraine
coverage: Nagasaki (Japan)

Lacea, Jan Michael Letigio. Interview November 8th, 2024.
description: Jan Michael Letigio Lacea served in the Navy for eight years. He was frocked Petty Officer First Class HM1 (Hospital Corpsman First Class) before he left the service. Lacea described his service in the Philippines for Operation Enduring Freedom, and he reflected on his own identity as a Filipino American immigrant. He also recounted his return to civilian life, attending graduate school at CSU San Marcos, the support he received from the CSUSM Veterans’ Center, and the life lessons he learned from military service.
date: 2024-11-08
format: video

Lacea, Jan Michael Letigio. Interview transcript, November 8, 2024.
subject: California State University San Marcos
subject: Camp Pendleton (Calif.)
subject: Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (Calif.)
subject: Missouri State University
subject: Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001-2014 -- Philippines
subject: San Diego State University
subject: United States. Navy
subject: United States. Navy -- Hospital corpsmen
subject: Veterans -- United States
subject: Great Lakes (Ill.)
description: Jan Michael Letigio Lacea served in the Navy for eight years. He was frocked Petty Officer First Class HM1 (Hospital Corpsman First Class) before he left the service. Lacea described his service in the Philippines for Operation Enduring Freedom, and he reflected on his own identity as a Filipino American immigrant. He also recounted his return to civilian life, attending graduate school at CSU San Marcos, the support he received from the CSUSM Veterans’ Center, and the life lessons he learned from military service.
creator: Jan Michael Letigio Lacea
publisher: California State University San Marcos University Library
date: 2024-11-08
contributor: Jason Beyer
contributor: Adel Bautista
contributor: Marilyn Huerta
contributor: Justin Gans
rights: In copyright
format: PDF
language: English
type: Text
coverage: San Marcos (Calif.)
coverage: Fallbrook (Calif.)
coverage: Cebu City (Philippines)
coverage: Springfield (Mo.)
coverage: Okinawa (Japan)
coverage: Louisiana
coverage: San Antonio (Tex.)
coverage: Zamboanga (Philippines)
coverage: Manila (Philippines)
coverage: Boracay (Philippines)
coverage: Bohol (Philippines)
coverage: Arkansas
coverage: Marawi (Philippines)
coverage: Iraq
coverage: Afghanistan
coverage: North County San Diego (Calif.)

Lacea, Jan Michael Letigio. Photographs, Various dates.
description: Ten photos related to the oral history of Jan Michael Letigio Lacea. Photograph #1 depicts Lacea with U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman, Randy Ferrer (Korean Army Medical Rep) in Daegu, Korea, 2014. Photograph #2 depicts Lacea posing with Corporal Mark Geppelt at the Marine Corps Ball, Camp Butler, Okinawa, Japan, 2013. Photograph #3 depicts Lacea posing with Hospital Corpsmen, Cody Goddard, Dillon Vick, and Gabriel San Pedro at the 2014 Navy Corpsman Ball, Camp Butler, Okinawa, Japan, 2014. Photograph #4 depicts Lacea posing with Sergeant Johan Lacea celebration Sergeant Lacea's promotion to E-5, Camp Butler, Okinawa, Japan, 2014. Photograph #5 depicts Lacea and Philippines soldiers during Exercise Balikatan, Tarlac, Philippines, 2012. Photograph #6 is a family photo of Lacea, Sergeant Johan Lacea, and Corpsman Howell Lacea at Camp Pendleton, California, 2011. Photograph #7 depicts Lacea deploying to the Philippines on a C-130 plane flying from Okinawa, Japan, Zamboanga, Philippines, 2012. Photograph #8 depicts Lacea and Lance Corporal Josue Alegarbes in deployment to the Philippines in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Zamboanga, Philippines, 2012. Photograph #9 depicts Lacea and wife, Jazmin Lacea, on their wedding day in Seaport Village near the U.S.S. Midway Museum, San Diego, CA, 2018. Photograph #10 depicts Lacea with Lance Corporal Jonathan Flores, and Philippines soldiers preparing to destroy ordinance in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Zamboanga, Philippines, 2013. Click on the thumbnails to view the full images in more detail.
date: 2011 - 2018

Lai, Floyd. Interview April 10th, 2023.
subject: California State University San Marcos. Cross-Cultural Center
subject: Civil rights
subject: Education, Higher
subject: Human rights
subject: Racism -- California -- Irvine
subject: Student Success
subject: University of California Irvine. Cross-Cultural Center
description: Floyd Lai served as Director of the Cross-Cultural Center at California State University from 2011 to 2023. In this Interview, Floyd discusses the growth and development of the CCC in conjunction with other student organizations. As a self-identified Chinese American, Lai addresses how his personal, educational, and professional background have informed one another.
creator: Floyd Lai
publisher: California State University San Marcos
date: 2023-04-10
contributor: Madeleine Meyer
format: video
language: English
coverage: Irvine (Calif.)
coverage: San Marcos (Calif.)