Tag: Manchuria
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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?…
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Rikuto Shimohori
S05, Rikito Shimohori ‘18, Great-grandfather, Manchuria I asked my grandfather how my great-grandfather would have thought about World War Il, if he were alive. My grandfather told me his story. My grandpa was born in Manchuria, because my great-grandfather created a company there. My great-grandfather was not active in the war, and he was still…
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Yoshiko Taniguchi
T03, Yoshiko Taniguchi ‘19, Keiko Taniguchi, Grandmother, 1938, Manchuria This is the story of my 79-year-old paternal grandmother, Keiko Taniguchi, written in first-person perspective, based on the interview we had over the phone on October 20, 2017. My Story: My name is Keiko Taniguchi, and this is my story. I was born in the northeastern…
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Masaru Takebe
J09, Masaru Takebe ‘01, Seiichi Aiki, Grandfather, 1915, Niigata, Yokohama: Kōnan-ku, Manchuria The best way to find out about a major historical event is to ask someone who was actually there. Often, though, they might be too old or no longer alive. If the events which took place were not too long ago, there is…
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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,…
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Aya Onouchi
J07, Aya Onouchi ‘01, Mitsuru Onouchi, Grandfather, Aichi, Manchuria In November 1999, I interviewed my paternal grandfather. Here are his memories of World War II. My name is Mitsuru Onouchi. I was born and raised in Okazaki, in Aichi prefecture. When I was 14, when I left middle school, I went to China. Since I…