Town: Fujisawa-shi
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Yukie Ohba
B09, Yukie Ōba (Ohba) ‘86, Mother, 1935, Kanagawa: Fujisawa-shi The best way to learn the history of a country is to ask the people who lived through it. To learn more about World War II, I interviewed my mother in May 1985. She was born in 1935, so she was a little girl during the…
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Kyōsuke Kikuchi
H13, Kyōsuke Kikuchi ‘00, Kaichirō Yamada, Great-uncle, 1909, Kanagawa: Fujisawa-shi On November 8, 1998, I interviewed my great-uncle, Yamada Kaiichirō. He was born on May 5, 1909, so he lived through the Great Kantō Earthquake of 1923, as well as World War II. I asked him about the earthquake, and he described it to me…
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Shin’ichirō Tanaka
N09, Shin’ichirō Tanaka ‘07, Ryūji Katayama, Grandfather, 1931, Kanagawa: Fujisawa-shi, Aichi, Tōkyō My grandfather’s name is Ryūji Katayama. He lives in Fujisawa city in Kanagawa. I interviewed him on October 27, 2005. Q. What is your age? How old were you during the Second World War? A. I am 73 years old. I was born…