Country: Philippines
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Chris Miyabe
N05F, Chris Miyabe ‘07, Sadatsugu Miyabe, Grandfather, 1917, Philippines, Taiwan, Indonesia I interviewed my paternal grandfather about his involvement in World War II. His name is Sadatsugu Miyabe, and he was born on November 2, 1917, so he had just turned 88 years old when I interviewed him. This was on November 6, 2005, at a…
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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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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…
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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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Mayumi Murabayashi
N06F, Mayumi Murabayashi ‘07, Leonora Gajudo, Grandmother, 1927, Philippines My maternal grandmother is Leonora Miranda Gajudo. She lives in the Philippines, and I talked to her on October 12, 2005, when I called her on her 78th birthday. It was in the year 1943 when it all happened. The sadness, anger, frustration—all the negative and…
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Alexis (Ally) Baker
R01FU, Alexis (Ally) Baker ‘16, Amante Corpuz, Grandfather, 1933, Philippines I interviewed my maternal grandfather, Amante Corpuz, by telephone on October 5, 2014. He is 81 years old and living in the Philippines. My grandfather, whom I call “Papa,” is from Ilocos Norte, in the north of the Philippines, and his native language is Ilocano,…
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Yurika Terada
G11, Yurika Terada ‘99, Seiji Terada, Grandfather, 1931, Fukuoka, Niigata, Philippines World War II was the harshest war in world history including the most countries and with the most people killed. Most of the young men were forced to go to war as soldiers, and many people had very hard lives. My paternal grandfather is…