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Yukiko Yamaguchi
H18, Yukiko Yamaguchi ‘00, Mieko Oda, Grandmother, 1926, Kyōto On November 8, 1998, I interviewed my maternal grandmother, Mieko Oda, who is 72 years old. My grandmother was born and raised in Tango, located in the northern part of Kyōto prefecture, and that was where she was living during World War II. Japan officially became…
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Haruko Wakabayashi
A09U, Haruko Wakabayashi ‘85, Toshio Nishioka, Grandfather, c 1923, Kanagawa: Ōiso-machi, China, Korea I interviewed my maternal grandfather in May 1984. He was born around 1923 and turned sixty last year. Q: I would like to ask you first about the conscription (draft) system. A: I got a small red paper called akagami. It said which unit…