Country: Taiwan
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Mami Yamamoto
E20C, Mami Yamamoto ‘94, Hideo Kawamata, Grandfather, 1917, Yukie Kawamata, Grandmother, c 1920, Manchuria, China, Taiwan, Tōkyō My maternal grandmother and grandfather are Yukie and Hideo Kawamata. In 1941 (Shōwa 16), they were not yet married. My grandfather went for a government inspection when he turned 20 years old, as all men did at that…
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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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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…