Wartime Memories

Tag: 1928

  • Tomoe Endō

    H04U, Tomoe Endō ‘00, Shizue Osias, Grandmother, 1928, Toshiko Endō, Grandmother, 1920, Yokohama: Minami-ku, Shizuoka, Tōkyō, Nagano I interviewed both of my grandmothers about their experiences during World War II. Shizue Sugitō Osias is now 70 years old. She was 17 years old when she heard the air raid alarms in Yokohama and she was…

  • Sayaka Haishi

    H06, Sayaka Haishi ‘00, Grandfather, 1925, Grandmother, 1928, China, Hokkaidō, Tōkyō Before Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and declared war on the United States on December 8, 1941, Japan had already invaded China and Vietnam. The Japanese Army then attacked the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia and kept moving southward to enlarge the area under Japanese…

  • Hoi Kit Lo

    K04C, Hoi Kit Lo ‘02, Yukio Muramatsu, Neighbor, 1928, Ehime, Yokohama: Naka-ku I wanted to interview my grandparents, but they live in China. I thought that I wouldn’t learn much from them during a phone conversation, so I decided to interview someone in Japan. Since I live in a large residential building, there are a…

  • Yui Shapard

    L13U, Yui Shapard ‘04, Grandfather, 1928, Shizuoka I interviewed my grandfather, who lived through World War II. He was born on February 14, 1928, and now he is 74 years old. Q: How old were you when the war started? What are your memories of the war, or your impressions, or beliefs? A: I was…

  • Anna Novick

    P01U, Anna Novick ‘08, George Lee, Grandfather, 1928, United States I interviewed my maternal grandfather, George Lee, who kindly agreed to answer the following questions. Q: How old were you when the war began? A: The war started on December 7, 1941. I had my birthday on December 13, and I was 13 years old. Q:…

  • Denise Eilers

    H03U, Denise Eilers ‘00, Grandmother, 1928, Tōkyō On November 11, 1998, I interviewed my maternal grandmother about World War II. She is about 70 years old and was about 19 years old when she experienced this tragedy. Denise (D): Where did you live during the war? Grandmother (G):  I lived in Tōkyō. We lived in…

  • Yukika Furuya

    H05, Yukika Furuya ‘00, Ayako Suzuki, Grandmother, 1928, Nara On Saturday, November 14, 1998, I went to my grandparents’ house in Zushi and interviewed my maternal grandmother. Her name is Ayako Suzuki, She was born in 1928. She is now 70 years old. When I went to visit, my grandmother did not know that I…

  • Asako Kanzaki

    H12, Asako Kanzaki ‘00, Toshinori Kurata, 1928, Korea, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi Q: When and where were you born? A: I was born on February 18 in 1928, in Pyong’an-Pukdo (in Japanese called Heian-Kokudō), which is now North Korea. Q: Tell me about your family. A: There were 10 members in my family including myself. I had…

  • Sinead O’Keeffe

    H16Ir, Sinead O’Keeffe ‘00, Norberto Sequeira, Family friend, 1928, China, Yokohama: Naka-ku Norberto Sequeira was born in 1928 in Yokohama. His nickname is Nori. He grew up in Yokohama, attending Saint Joseph College, as well as in Shanghai, where his father was a wealthy merchant of Portuguese origin, although he had never lived in Portugal.…

  • Shōta Miyazaki

    J03, Shōta Miyazaki ‘01, Ikeu Mihashi, Grandmother, 1927, Yokohama: Naka-ku, Indonesia I interviewed my grandmother for this project on November 11, 1999, at my house, because we live together. Her name is Ikue Mihashi, and she is 71 years old. She was born in 1927, in present-day Ueno-machi in Naka-ku, Yokohama She lived with her…