Wartime Memories

Prefecture: Aichi

  • Julian King

    E10B, Julian King ‘94, Shigeko Hoshikawa, Grandmother, 1919, Shizuoka, Aichi, Yamagata, Manchuria My maternal grandmother lives in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture. I interviewed her by phone on November 30, 1992. I lived in Ichinomiya city near Nagoya, in Aichi Prefecture, from 1940 to 1945, and then again from 1946 to 1952. Grandpa was forced to join…

  • Aki Tamagawa

    E17, Aki Tamagawa ‘94, Yoshiko Tamagawa, Grandmother, 1919, Aichi, China, Hyōgo, Shizuoka I interviewed my paternal grandmother, Yoshiko Tamagawa, on December 1, 1992. She was born in 1919 and is now 73 years old. Q: How old were you when World War II began?A: I was exactly 20 years old, living in Nagoya. That was…

  • Miya King

    F04B, Miya King ‘97, Shigeko Hoshikawa, Grandmother, 1920, Tōkyō, Aichi, Yamagata My maternal grandmother was born on August 3, 1920, and she is now 75 years old. I interviewed her in December 1995 Q: Could you describe your life when the war started?A: I was attending Kyōritsu Joshi Tandai [a women’s junior college] in Tōkyō.…

  • Shiori Okajima

    J05, Shiori Okajima ‘01, Grandfather, 1925, Shizuoka, Aichi World War II was the most disastrous event which took place in Japanese history. There is a very close person to me who survived the war, and that is my  grandfather. I interviewed him in 1999, and he described his life from the time when he joined…

  • 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?…

  • 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…

  • Aya Onouchi

    J07, Aya Onouchi ‘01, Mitsuru Onouchi, Grandfather, Aichi, Manchuria In November 1999, I interviewed my paternal grandfather. Here are his memories of World War II. My name is Mitsuru Onouchi. I was born and raised in Okazaki, in Aichi prefecture. When I was 14, when I left middle school, I went to China. Since I…

  • 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,…