Wartime Memories

Author: Glenn Scoggins

  • Tomoe Endō

    H04U, Tomoe Endō ‘00, Shizue Osias, Grandmother, 1928, Toshiko Endō, Grandmother, 1920, Yokohama: Minami-ku, Shizuoka, Tōkyō, Nagano I interviewed both of my grandmothers about their experiences during World War II. Shizue Sugitō Osias is now 70 years old. She was 17 years old when she heard the air raid alarms in Yokohama and she was…

  • Nanae Nakagawa

    J04, Nanae Nakagawa ‘01, Kyōichi Nakagawa, Grandfather, 1918, Manchuria, Philippines, Taiwan I decided to interview my grandfather, because I know him very well. I talk with him nearly everyday, but this was our first time to talk about war. He was born in 1918 and is now 81 years old. My grandfather, Kyōichi Nakagawa, graduated…

  • Yūta Yoshii

    H19, Yūta Yoshii ‘00, Sumio Tada, Grandfather, 1915, Gunma, Philippines On Sunday, November 15, 1998, I visited Sumio Tada, who is my grandfather. He is my mother’s father, so she used the surname Tada until she married and became Yoshii. My grandfather was born in Gunma prefecture on May 10, 1915, and he is now…

  • Hirozane Sugihara

    G10, Hirozane Sugihara ‘99, Yoshihiko Morikawa, Uncle, 1938, Kanagawa: Kamakura-shi In November 1997, I decided to interview my maternal uncle, named Yoshihiko Morikawa. He is 59 years old and works for a medical equipment company. He lives in Kamakura with his wife, his two sons, and their cat. I remembered the times when I was…

  • Jeetu Rangwani

    H17I, Jeetu Rangwani ‘00, Mr Yamada, Neighbor, c 1920 I interviewed my next-door neighbor, Mr Yamada, because he joined the Japanese Army during World War II. He lives really close, and he is a very jolly man, and so when I approached him for this interview, he wasn’t reluctant at all. Mr Yamada is about…

  • Cherlyn McQuilkin

    G06F, Cherlyn McQuilkin ‘99, Juanito Pakingan, Grandfather, 1914, Philippines Juanito Pakingan is my grandfather on my mother’s side. He is now 83 years old, and he is currently living in San Diego, California, with my aunt and my grandmother, who is 82. He was happy to share his experience with me when I talked to…

  • Sophia Ikeda

    H09B, Sophia Ikeda ‘00, Yuriko Kosakai, Neighbor, 1924, Kanagawa: Kamakura-shi, Tōkyō During the Second World War, many people were killed and many lives were affected. It was not a good time for anyone, because it created many memories that people don’t want to remember. I interviewed my next-door neighbor. Her name is Yuriko Kosakai, and…

  • Myung-Jun Hong

    H07K , Myung-Jun Hong ‘00, Grandfather, 1918, Korea, Tōkyō On November 15, 1998, I interviewed my grandfather. He is 80 years old and lives in Tōkyō now. When the war was about to break out, he was studying at Meiji University in Japan. It was very rare for Koreans to study at a prestigious university…

  • Ayako Horiuchi

    K03, Ayako Horiuchi ‘02, Matthew Ehmke, Chaplain, 1939, United States I asked Father Matthew Ehmke about his experiences during World War Il. Although he was only six when the war ended, it actually changed his lifestyle. His stories were informative and very interesting. I would like to write about some of the biggest impacts that…

  • Katherine Burghart

    K02U, Katherine Burghart ‘02, Seiryō Hayashi, Grandfather, 1925,Toyama, Fukui I interviewed Seiryō Hayashi, my grandfather, who is 75 years old, on November 3, 2000 in Tōkyō. He described to me his experiences during World War II and the U.S. Occupation of Japan. I was born in 1925 and grew up in Yatsuo, Toyama Prefecture. My…