Author: Glenn Scoggins
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Hoi Kit Lo
K04C, Hoi Kit Lo ‘02, Yukio Muramatsu, Neighbor, 1928, Ehime, Yokohama: Naka-ku I wanted to interview my grandparents, but they live in China. I thought that I wouldn’t learn much from them during a phone conversation, so I decided to interview someone in Japan. Since I live in a large residential building, there are a…
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Lisa Ferrie
L02U, Lisa Ferrie ‘04, Kisaburō Matsuda, Neighbor, 1925, Tōkyō, Gifu, Kanagawa: Yokosuka-shi I interviewed Kisaburō Matsuda, who was born in 1925 and is 77 years old. He is my neighbor and a friend of my mother. Q: How old were you when the war started? A: I was sixteen years old when it started, but…
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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…
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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…
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Shiori Okajima
J05, Shiori Okajima ‘01, Grandfather, 1925, Shizuoka, Aichi World War II was the most disastrous event which took place in Japanese history. There is a very close person to me who survived the war, and that is my grandfather. I interviewed him in 1999, and he described his life from the time when he joined…
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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…
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Akiko Shimizu
L15, Akiko Shimizu ‘04, Shōzō Katsuta, Uncle, 1935, Nagano On October 27, 2002, I interviewed my uncle at his house. His name is Shōzō Katsuta, and he is 67 years old. [His father, and Akiko’s grandfather, was Shinsui Itō (1898-1972), a well-known artist of Japanese paintings, called Nihonga.] Question: What did you think about “war”…
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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…
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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…
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Sugandhi Chugani
H02I, Sugandhi Chugani ‘00, Tatsuko Matsumoto, Neighbor, 1930, Shizuoka On November 1, 1998, I interviewed Mrs Tatsuko Matsumoto. She is 68 years old and is one of the survivors of World War II. Mrs Matsumoto is the next-door neighbor of our family friends. The interview took place at our friends’ residence located in Isogo-ku, Yokohama,…