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Sayaka Satō
J08, Sayaka Satō ‘01, Sachio Fukui, Neighbor, 1925, Shizuoka, Tōkyō, Tochigi I was able to interview Mr Sachio Fukui, who is 74 years old. Mr Fukui is a neighbor who lives across the street from my house. Mr Fukui experienced the Second World War, and he shared the experiences and feelings he had during those…
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Daniel Bissonnette
H01U, Daniel Bissonnette ‘00, George Tanaka, Family friend, 1925, United States George Tanaka, a family friend who is staying at my grandmother’s house in California, agreed to be interviewed by telephone on his experiences in a relocation camp during the Second World War. George Tanaka, a second-generation Japanese-American, was relocated to a camp in southwest…
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Masaru Takebe
J09, Masaru Takebe ‘01, Seiichi Aiki, Grandfather, 1915, Niigata, Yokohama: Kōnan-ku, Manchuria The best way to find out about a major historical event is to ask someone who was actually there. Often, though, they might be too old or no longer alive. If the events which took place were not too long ago, there is…
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Denise Eilers
H03U, Denise Eilers ‘00, Grandmother, 1928, Tōkyō On November 11, 1998, I interviewed my maternal grandmother about World War II. She is about 70 years old and was about 19 years old when she experienced this tragedy. Denise (D): Where did you live during the war? Grandmother (G): I lived in Tōkyō. We lived in…
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Kana Tatsuno
J10, Kana Tatsuno ‘01, Yoshikazu Kuraoka, Neighbor, 1919, Chiba, Aichi, Manchuria My name is Yoshikazu Kuraoka, and I just turned 80 this year. I live in the neighborhood of Kana, and I’m an acquaintance of her father. This interview took place in my house on November 6 and 14, 1999. I was born in 1919,…
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Yukika Furuya
H05, Yukika Furuya ‘00, Ayako Suzuki, Grandmother, 1928, Nara On Saturday, November 14, 1998, I went to my grandparents’ house in Zushi and interviewed my maternal grandmother. Her name is Ayako Suzuki, She was born in 1928. She is now 70 years old. When I went to visit, my grandmother did not know that I…
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Naho Yamada
J11, Naho Yamada ‘01, Masako Yamada, Grandmother, 1925,Yokohama: Naka-ku I interviewed my paternal grandmother, Masako Yamada, who is 74 years old, at my house on Friday night, October 29, 1999. Until 1942, the Japanese Army and Navy were conquering the Asia-Pacific area rapidly. But after the Battle of Midway took place in June 1942, when…
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Sayako Huff
H08U, Sayako Huff ‘00, Namie Hasegawa, Grandmother 1936 On November 13, 1998, I interviewed my grandmother. Her name is Namie Hasegawa, and she was born on September 13, 1936, so she was almost nine when World War II ended. I had heard war stories from my grandfather and how terrible it was. He had volunteered…
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Eri Yoshida
J12, Eri Yoshida ‘01, Kotoko Yoshida, Grandmother, 1921, Fukushima, Yamagata, Chiba I would like to introduce my grandmother briefly before starting to write about what I’ve learned from her. Kotoko Yoshida is my mother’s mother, and she was born in 1921, so she is 78 years old. Our interview took place in her room, and…
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Maria Imai
H10, Maria Imai ‘00, Toshiko Endō, Friend’s grandmother, 1920, Tōkyō I chose to interview my friend’s grandmother. She is 78 years old and was a participant in World War II in Japan. I asked her some questions about what it was like to take part in a terrifying, tragic period of history. She was reluctant…