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Maki Igarashi
L05, Maki Igarashi ‘04, Hisako Ogura, Grandmother, 1926, Aichi I interviewed my maternal grandmother, Hisako Ogura, on November 10, 2002. She was born in 1926 and is 76 years old now. It was 1944, I think, when the war got worse. Inside Japan there were many air raids. Do you know what air raids are?…
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Shin’ichirō Tanaka
N09, Shin’ichirō Tanaka ‘07, Ryūji Katayama, Grandfather, 1931, Kanagawa: Fujisawa-shi, Aichi, Tōkyō My grandfather’s name is Ryūji Katayama. He lives in Fujisawa city in Kanagawa. I interviewed him on October 27, 2005. Q. What is your age? How old were you during the Second World War? A. I am 73 years old. I was born…
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Maverick Cheong
U01Sg, Maverick Cheong ‘20, Cheong Kiah Seng, Grandfather, 1936, Singapore I interviewed my paternal grandfather, Cheong Kiah Seng, on October 28, 2018. He was born in 1936, and he is 82 years old now. He told me about his experiences during World War II by telephone from his home in Singapore. We spoke in Mandarin.…
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Arina Ii
L06B, Arina Ii ‘04, Fumiko Ii, Grandmother, 1923, Toyama, Nagasaki On November 9, 2002, I interviewed my grandmother, Fumiko Ii, who will soon be 78 years old. To be perfectly honest, I didn’t quite know where to start off, after I had explained to my grandmother the nature of my phone call. I telephoned her…
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Lisa Tashiro
N10G, Lisa Tashiro ‘07, Heinz Meibergen, Grandfather, 1910, Germany, Yokohama: Naka-ku I wanted to interview my grandmother, Teruko Meibergen. Unfortunately, due to her forgetfulness, she did not have much information to share with me. She seemed reluctant to talk about her experiences during the war time. She was about 12 years old and lived in…
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Louis Hagenbucher
U02U, Louis Hagenbucher ‘20, Grandmother, 1941, Mie On October 23, 2018, I interviewed my grandmother, who currently lives in Ōsaka. She is currently 77 years old. I interviewed her by phone about her past experiences during World War II. She told me that she was four years old when she experienced the war, so her…
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Keiko Kawamura
L07, Keiko Kawamura ‘04, Hiroko Ogawa, Grandmother, 1922, Manchuria On November 10, 2002, I interviewed my maternal grandmother, Hiroko Ogawa. She was born on August 1, 1922, and she is now 80 years old. Question: Where are you born? Answer: I was born in Dairen [now called Dalian] in Manchuria [northeastern China]. At that time…
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Anna Novick
P01U, Anna Novick ‘08, George Lee, Grandfather, 1928, United States I interviewed my maternal grandfather, George Lee, who kindly agreed to answer the following questions. Q: How old were you when the war began? A: The war started on December 7, 1941. I had my birthday on December 13, and I was 13 years old. Q:…
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Rei Kokubu
U03, Rei Kokubu ‘20, Kanbei Kokubu, Grandfather, 1939, Hyōgo, Tōkyō My grandfather, Kanbei Kokubu, is 79 years old. I interviewed him on November 4, 2018, at my house where we live together. Rei (I): When were you born? Grandfather (G): In 1939 (Shōwa 14). I: So were you born just before Japan went to war…
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Mariko Kōda
L08, Mariko Kōda ‘04, Grandmother, 1929, Ōsaka I interviewed my grandmother about the beginning of World War II, when she was only 12 years old. She lived on the outskirts of Ōsaka, so she wasn’t attacked directly. American planes bombed the center of the city in March 1945. She went to school until she was…