Vito Giacalone was interviewed for the Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project. Vito Giacalone was born in 1922 in San Diego, California, into a family deeply involved in the fishing industry. His father, originally from Palermo, Sicily, was a pioneer in the tuna fishing industry in the United States. The interview begins with Giacalone recounting his father's journey from Sicily to San Diego in 1914 and his subsequent career as a fisherman. Giacalone shares memories of his childhood, including a vivid story from when he was seven years old and first visited San Pedro.

William Gravett was interviewed for the Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project. William Gravett, born on December 23, 1937, in Little Rock, Arkansas, moved to San Pedro, California, in 1942 with his family. His father worked at Todd Shipyard as a pipe fitter and at Regan Forge & Engineering Company as a foreman. The interview begins with Gravett recounting his early memories of moving to San Pedro during World War II. He describes the vibrant community of Channel Heights, a multiracial neighborhood where he spent his childhood.

Yukio Tatsumi was interviewed for the Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project. Yukio Tatsumi, born on August 23, 1920, on Terminal Island, California, recalls his early life in a close-knit Japanese-American community. His parents were immigrants from Japan, with his father arriving in the United States in the late 1800s and initially working as an abalone diver at White Point. Tatsumi describes Terminal Island as a self-contained community of around 3,000 Japanese and Japanese-Americans, with families working in fish canneries.