Tag: 1922
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Yumiko Ishii
C01, Yumiko Ishii ‘87, Grandmother, 1922, Kanagawa: Ninomiya-machi, Tōkyō In May 1986, I interviewed my grandmother, who is 64 years old. She explained her experiences during World War II. Q: How old were you when the world war began? A: I was 19. Q: Where did you live then?A: My family all lived in Ninomiya…
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Yūko Hayashi
E05C, Yūko Hayashi ‘94 , Yoshie Hayashi (Lin), Grandmother, 1922, Gifu World War II was the most frightful experience in my grandmother’s whole life, which she endured at a young age, and for me it was painful to interview her. Her testimony was so much more realistic than reading facts and information in a textbook.…
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Keiko Kawamura
L07, Keiko Kawamura ‘04, Hiroko Ogawa, Grandmother, 1922, Manchuria On November 10, 2002, I interviewed my maternal grandmother, Hiroko Ogawa. She was born on August 1, 1922, and she is now 80 years old. Question: Where are you born? Answer: I was born in Dairen [now called Dalian] in Manchuria [northeastern China]. At that time…