Author: Glenn Scoggins
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Alexis (Ally) Baker
R01FU, Alexis (Ally) Baker ‘16, Amante Corpuz, Grandfather, 1933, Philippines I interviewed my maternal grandfather, Amante Corpuz, by telephone on October 5, 2014. He is 81 years old and living in the Philippines. My grandfather, whom I call “Papa,” is from Ilocos Norte, in the north of the Philippines, and his native language is Ilocano,…
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Hana Shiraishi
R04U, Hana Shiraishi ‘16, Toshii Saitō, Family Friend, 1937, Niigata, Yokohama: Minami-ku On November 2, 2014, I had the privilege of interviewing my neighbor, who experienced life under poverty, intense hunger, and confusion as an innocent little girl unable to understand the situation during World War II. Her name is Toshii Saitō, and she was…
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Hiromu Fujino
S01, Hiromu Fujino ‘18, Giichi Fujino, Great-grandfather, c 1906, China For my interview, I chose my father, so that he could tell me about my great-grandfather’s experiences during World War II. None of my grandparents remember much of the mid-20th century, because they were all still babies. However, my father and my grandfather still remember…
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Umi Kobayashi
S02, Umi Kobayashi ‘18, Naohisa Takata, Hibakusha, 1934, Hiroshima During the October school vacation, I went to Hiroshima and visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in front of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, with the Atomic Bomb Dome straight ahead of it. I had the perfect opportunity to listen to the experience of a Hibakusha,…
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Miyu Kojima
S03, Miyu Kojima ‘18, Tomō Sugisaka, Family friend, 1926, Hiroshima On November 15, 2016, I interviewed a family friend, Mr Tomō Sugisaka. He is about 90 years old. Q: What were you doing during the Second World War? A: One year before the end of the war, at around the beginning of October 1944, I…
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Yūjin (Eugene) Ōharu
S04, Yūjin (Eugene) Ōharu ‘18, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Grandfather, 1937, Kyōto, Manchuria, Siberia On November 7, 2016, I interviewed my maternal grandfather, Hiroshi Yamamoto. He was born in 1937 and is 79 years old. My mother and my grandmother also joined me for this interview. Yūjin (Me = M): Grandpa, where and when were you born?…
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Rikuto Shimohori
S05, Rikito Shimohori ‘18, Great-grandfather, Manchuria I asked my grandfather how my great-grandfather would have thought about World War Il, if he were alive. My grandfather told me his story. My grandpa was born in Manchuria, because my great-grandfather created a company there. My great-grandfather was not active in the war, and he was still…
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Pamela Bernard
K01B, Pamela Bernard ‘02, Tomohisa Ōishi, Uncle, 1935, Yokohama: Nishi-ku, Kanagawa: Hadano-shi I interviewed Tomohisa Ōishi, who is my uncle, my mother’s oldest brother. He is 65 years old and was born in 1935. During World War II, he lived in a place called Sengen-chō, not far from Yokohama Station in Nishi-ku. When war broke…
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Yumi Moriguchi
K05, Yumi Moriguchi ‘02, Fumiko Nakano, Grandmother, 1913, China, Korea, Nagasaki, Yokohama: Naka-ku On November 5, 2000, I interviewed my grandmother, Fumiko Nakano, who is 87 years old. My grandmother wasn’t directly involved in combat in World War II, because she was living in Kyūshū, but she had an interesting experience in China before the…
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Eri (Elly) Nonaka
K06, Eri (Elly) Nonaka ‘02, Hideo Nonaka, Grandfather, 1920, Tōkyō, Yokohama: Naka-ku The only person that I am really close to who is old enough to answer my questions is my grandfather. His name is Hideo Nonaka, and he is 80 years old. He lives right in front of my house, so it was really…