Tag: 1917
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Emma Wilkinson
E18B, Emma Wilkinson ‘94, Terue Umeyama, Grandmother, 1917, Tōkyō I interviewed Terue Umeyama, who is my maternal grandmother. She is 75 years old, and I spoke to her at her home in Urawa, Saitama Prefecture, on November 28, 1992. Q: What was your reaction to Japan entering World War II?A: I was frightened, because I…
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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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Mayumi Miyajima
F05, Mayumi Miyajima ‘97, Grandfather, 1917, Tōkyō (Miyake-jima) My grandfather was born in February 1917 in Kawasaki, so he is now 78 years old. I talked to him in December 1995 about his memories of the war. He went to elementary, middle, and higher school, and then to a medical university. Two years after he…
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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…