Wartime Memories

Tag: Shizuoka

  • Tetsuko Iwasaki

    A04, Tetsuko Iwasaki ‘85, Manabu Iwasaki, Grandfather, 1929,   Tōkyō, Yokohama: Tsurumi-ku, Shizuoka The experience of a world war naturally occupies a large part of a person’s memory. Each day was a struggle to keep on living. Soldiers were in danger of being shot to death at any moment. The constant fear of death over…

  • Harue Matsushita

    B05, Harue Matsushita ‘86, Shiu Matsushita, Grandmother, 1908, Shizuoka, Yokohama: Naka-ku I talked to my paternal grandmother in May 1985 about her memories of World War II. She was born in 1908 and is 77 years old now. Q: When did the bombing of Yokohama happen? A: It was on May 29, 1945 (Shōwa 20),…

  • Tomoko Wakabayashi

    B13, Tomoko Wakabayashi ‘86,  Michie Nishioka,  Grandmother, c 1927,  Kanagawa: Ōiso-machi, Shizuoka My grandmother lived through World War II, so I was curious about her experiences. I interviewed her in May 1985. Q: How were Japanese men drafted into the military? A: First they received a red, or rather pinkish, letter issued by the government…

  • Jumi Hayaki

    D01, Jumi Hayaki ‘91, Kikuyo Tsuchiya, Grandmother, 1909,   Shizuoka The following is an interview, held over the telephone, between my maternal grandmother and myself during November 1989. Throughout, Mrs Kikuyo Tsuchiya (currently aged 80 years) relates her personal wartime experiences, ranging from those within her own household to those for the benefit of the nation.…

  • Julian King

    E10B, Julian King ‘94, Shigeko Hoshikawa, Grandmother, 1919, Shizuoka, Aichi, Yamagata, Manchuria My maternal grandmother lives in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture. I interviewed her by phone on November 30, 1992. I lived in Ichinomiya city near Nagoya, in Aichi Prefecture, from 1940 to 1945, and then again from 1946 to 1952. Grandpa was forced to join…

  • Sugandhi Chugani

    H02I, Sugandhi Chugani ‘00, Tatsuko Matsumoto, Neighbor, 1930, Shizuoka On November 1, 1998, I interviewed Mrs Tatsuko Matsumoto. She is 68 years old and is one of the survivors of World War II. Mrs Matsumoto is the next-door neighbor of our family friends. The interview took place at our friends’ residence located in Isogo-ku, Yokohama,…

  • 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…

  • Shiori Okajima

    J05, Shiori Okajima ‘01, Grandfather, 1925, Shizuoka, Aichi World War II was the most disastrous event which took place in Japanese history. There is a very close person to me who survived the war, and that is my  grandfather. I interviewed him in 1999, and he described his life from the time when he joined…

  • Sayuri Satofuka

    L12, Sayuri Satofuka ‘04, Moto Kawaguchi, Grandmother, 1924, Shizuoka On November 8, 2002, I interviewed my maternal grandmother. We met on the 4th floor of the Odakyū department store in Machida. She is 78 years old and was born in 1924. M (Me): Do you remember World War II, also called the Pacific War (Taiheiyō…

  • 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…