Tag: 1937
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Yōko Katō
C02, Yōko Katō ‘87, Mr Katō, Father, 1937, Fukushima My father experienced World War II as a child. At one time, he had to evacuate to Fukushima prefecture. He is a good example of people who had to endure the war on the home front, as I learned when he talked to me in May…
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Kenji Moir
R03B, Kenji Moir ‘16, Tsuneko Okabe, Grandmother, 1937, Manchuria, Siberia I interviewed my maternal grandmother, Tsuneko Okabe, on October 8, 2014, over the telephone. She is 77 years old. Since I do not have any relatives who are alive and have memories of World War II, I decided to ask my grandmother as she is…
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Mayu Kaneko
W02, Mayu Kaneko ‘22, Masako Kaneko, Grandmother, 1937, Ōsaka I interviewed my grandmother over the phone on Saturday, November 7th, 2020, at around 9 pm. She is currently 83 years old, and she was in Grade 3 at the end of the Second World War. Grandmother (G): It’s been decades since the end of World…
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Hana Shiraishi
R04U, Hana Shiraishi ‘16, Toshii Saitō, Family Friend, 1937, Niigata, Yokohama: Minami-ku On November 2, 2014, I had the privilege of interviewing my neighbor, who experienced life under poverty, intense hunger, and confusion as an innocent little girl unable to understand the situation during World War II. Her name is Toshii Saitō, and she was…
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Yūjin (Eugene) Ōharu
S04, Yūjin (Eugene) Ōharu ‘18, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Grandfather, 1937, Kyōto, Manchuria, Siberia On November 7, 2016, I interviewed my maternal grandfather, Hiroshi Yamamoto. He was born in 1937 and is 79 years old. My mother and my grandmother also joined me for this interview. Yūjin (Me = M): Grandpa, where and when were you born?…