Wartime Memories

Tag: 1921

  • Marika Ezure

    E04, Marika Ezure ‘94, Emiko Ikenaga, Grandmother’s friend, 1921, Yokohama: Naka-ku, Ibaraki The woman whom I interviewed was Emiko Ikenaga. She is 71 years old and was born in 1921. Emiko Ikenaga is the friend of my maternal grandmother. The interview took place on November 22, 1992, at the old folks’ homes where her sister…

  • Satoe Takahashi

    E16, Satoe Takahashi ‘94, Kimiko Tanaka, Grandmother, 1921, Tōkyō I interviewed my maternal grandmother, who is 70 years old, about her experiences during World War II. Q: How old were you when the war broke out?A: I was 20 years old in 1941 (Shōwa 16). Q: What were you doing then?A: I was focusing on…

  • Aiko Nakamura

    G07, Aiko Nakamura ‘99, Shigeru Suzuki, Grandfather, 1921, Tōkyō, Chiba I interviewed my maternal grandfather about World War II on November 15, 1997. His name is Shigeru Suzuki, and he is 76 years old, living in Tōkyō. My grandfather was 16 years old when World War II began. He was studying to be a teacher.…

  • Hitomi Ina

    H11, Hitomi Ina ‘00, Tomiyo Watanabe, Grandmother, 1921, Fukuoka, Kumamoto I interviewed my maternal grandmother, Tomiyo Watanabe. She is 77 years old this year. The topic of this interview is World War II, also called the Pacific War in Japan. The interview took place in my grandmother’s house in Kawasaki. My grandmother was in her…

  • Eri Yoshida

    J12, Eri Yoshida ‘01, Kotoko Yoshida, Grandmother, 1921, Fukushima, Yamagata, Chiba I would like to introduce my grandmother briefly before starting to write about what I’ve learned from her. Kotoko Yoshida is my mother’s mother, and she was born in 1921, so she is 78 years old. Our interview took place in her room, and…