Tag: 1932
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Lina Ritchie
B11P, Lina Ritchie ‘86, Father, 1932, Hyōgo On Wednesday, May 22, 1985, I interviewed my father at home after supper about his experiences in World War II. He was born in 1932 and is 53 years old now. Q: Where were you during World War II? A: I was in Kōbe when the war began.…
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Mina Mardani
M03T, Mina Mardani ‘06, Yasuko Takano, Grandmother, 1932, Tōkyō, Chiba I interviewed my maternal grandmother on November 15, 2004. Her name is Yasuko Takano, and she is 72 years old. This is her testimony. On December 8, 1941, I listened to the radio news with my family at our house in Ryōgoku, and I remember…
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Miyu Arai
L01, Miyu Arai ‘04, Tsuneko Nakagawa, Grandmother, 1932, Shizuoka, Yokohama: Naka-ku This interview with Tsuneko Nakagawa (who is now 70 years old) was held on November 9, 2002, at the Nakagawa house in Miyamaedaira in northwestern Kawasaki. Nakagawa Tsuneko is my grandmother. A= Miyu Arai T= Tsuneko Nakagawa A: How old were you when the…
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Princess Okada
T02F, Princess Okada ‘19, Sakae Okada, Grandmother, 1932, Hiroshima On October 26, 2017, I interviewed my paternal grandmother, Sakae Okada. She was born in 1932 and is 85 years old. She was only nine years old when the Pacific War between Japan and the U.S. broke out in 1941. She was born in a poor…
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Amy Tomalavage
G12U, Amy Tomalavage ‘99, Makoto Sendai, Family friend, 1932, Kanagawa: Kawasaki-shi On November 16, 1997, I interviewed a family friend named Makoto Sendai, who lives in Yokohama. He was nine years old at the start of the war, and he lived in Kawasaki then. Q: How did you react to the beginning of World War…