Wartime Memories

Tag: Chiba

  • Maria Roe

    A07U, Maria Roe ‘85, Yoshie Spangler, c 1940, Daniel Abe, c 1940, Hyōgo, Chiba, Family friends I’ve collected some comments on World War II and the American Occupation, from friends of my mother. They were both too busy for full interviews, so I talked to two different people in May 1984. They are both in…

  • Kyōko Murata

    B08, Kyōko Murata ‘86, Mother, 1941, Manchuria, Chiba My mother was born in 1941, so she was still a little girl when World War II took place. I interviewed her in May 1985. Q: How old were you when World War II ended? A: I was four years old, so I have little memory of…

  • Mami Park

    E12K, Mami Park ‘94, Mrs Yamamoto, Neighbor, c 1925, Kanagawa: Kawasaki-shi, Chiba Around the time when Japan was about to enter the Second World War, the lives of the Japanese began changing. The government put into action programs to teach the people the types of actions they would have to know and use during a…

  • 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…

  • Reira (Layla) Ichima

    N01, Reira (Layla) Ichima ‘07, Mineko Shiina, Grandmother, 1936, Yasuo Shiina, Grandfather, 1934, Chiba, Gunma, Ibaraki My maternal grandmother, Mineko Shiina, is 69 years old. She was born on January 23, 1936. On October 25, 2005, I interviewed her at her house in Yōkōdai, Isogo-ku, Yokohama. Layla (L): How old were you when World War…

  • Kana Tatsuno

    J10, Kana Tatsuno ‘01, Yoshikazu Kuraoka, Neighbor, 1919, Chiba, Aichi, Manchuria My name is Yoshikazu Kuraoka, and I just turned 80 this year. I live in the neighborhood of Kana, and I’m an acquaintance of her father. This interview took place in my house on November 6 and 14, 1999. I was born in 1919,…

  • 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…