Wartime Memories

Tag: 1919

  • Selena Pang

    C07C, Selena Pang ‘87, Hisa Nagae, Housemaid, 1919, Tochigi, Tōkyō I interviewed Mrs Hisa Nagae, about World War II. She kindly shared her experiences with me, and I was able to learn what those events were like for the people who actually went through them. You are very lucky to be born in such a…

  • Kay Tatsumi

    C05, Kei (Kay) Tatsumi ‘87, Grandmother, 1919, Tōkyō, Hokkaidō In May 1986, I interviewed my grandmother. She is 67 years old, and she told me about the events of World War II. Q: What did you do when the U.S. planes bombed Tōkyō? A: We all had to dig a hole in the ground, which…

  • 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…

  • Fujiko Watanabe

    F08, Fujiko Watanabe ‘97, Kaneo Watanabe, Grandfather, 1919, Yamanashi My paternal grandfather, Kaneo Watanabe, is 76 years old. He lives near Lake Kawaguchi in Yamanashi prefecture. I talked to him about his wartime memories in December 1995. Q: What was your reaction to the beginning of World War II? A: I thought that finally the…

  • Wako Huang

    L04C, Wako Huang ‘04, Shin’ichi Numata, Neighbor, 1919, Yokohama: Naka-ku, Saitama, Kyōto, Gifu On November 11, 2002, I interviewed Shin’ichi Numata, my downstairs neighbor. He is 83 years old. Mr. Numata allowed me to interview him in person. He was an intelligent man, and never hesitated to inform me about his experiences during World War…

  • 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,…