Post-World War II

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vh Chiyoko Yano Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1013-9-18)

Living in Japan during the U.S. occupation: witnessing the devastation

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1013-9-18/

vh Chiyoko Yano Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1013-9-19)

Life in postwar Japan: being mistaken for a Japanese citizen

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vh Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 36 (ddr-densho-1013-7-36)

Teaching in military schools in postwar Japan

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vh Mas Okabe Interview Segment 18 (ddr-manz-1-131-18)

The journey by boat to Japan, father's disappointment on arrival

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vh Rose Ito Tsunekawa Interview Segment 20 (ddr-jamsj-2-13-20)

First Christmas after the war ended: receiving candy bars from U.S. GIs

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vh Rose Ito Tsunekawa Interview Segment 21 (ddr-jamsj-2-13-21)

Working as an interpreter for the Red Cross

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vh Rose Ito Tsunekawa Interview Segment 19 (ddr-jamsj-2-13-19)

Working as an interpreter for a military trial

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vh Mas Okabe Interview Segment 20 (ddr-manz-1-131-20)

Working for the U.S. Air Force in Japan

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vh Kay Sweeney Interview Segment 5 (ddr-one-7-8-5)

Serving as a nurse in Japan immediately after the war

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vh Katsumi Okamoto Interview Segment 23 (ddr-manz-1-24-23)

Experiences in occupied Japan

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vh Michiko Kornhauser Interview Segment 10 (ddr-one-7-25-10)

Adjusting to life in Japan during the U.S. occupation

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vh Michiko Kornhauser Interview Segment 7 (ddr-one-7-25-7)

Changing feelings about American occupation soldiers

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vh Henry Ueno Interview Segment 8 (ddr-one-7-18-8)

Relationship with the occupation military soldiers; a scare after buying one item on the black market

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vh Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga Interview II Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-250-18)

Living in Japan with other families of military intelligence servicemen

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vh Sumiko M. Yamamoto Interview Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-269-25)

Working at the U.S. military headquarters in Japan

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vh Sumiko M. Yamamoto Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-269-23)

Feeling afraid of U.S. soldiers in Japan

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vh Sumiko M. Yamamoto Interview Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1000-269-27)

Adjusting to life in Japan

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vh Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto Interview Segment 42 (ddr-densho-1000-148-42)

Attending Doshisha University in Japan after the war; dealing with the scarcity of food

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vh Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto Interview Segment 43 (ddr-densho-1000-148-43)

Working for a U.S. army station hospital library; seizing an opportunity to return to the United States

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vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 44 (ddr-densho-1000-164-44)

Life in Japan, postwar: working for a land reclamation project, then finding a job with a Japanese construction company as an interpreter

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vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 45 (ddr-densho-1000-164-45)

Working for the Saga Prefecture military government, encouraged by boss to return to the United States

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vh Kajiko Hashisaki Interview Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1000-201-27)

Living in Japan immediately after World War II ended

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vh Aya Uenishi Medrud Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-213-23)

Experiences working for an orthopedic surgeon during the Korean War

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vh Aya Uenishi Medrud Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-213-21)

Working in Japan for the U.S. Army

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vh Aya Uenishi Medrud Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-213-22)

Working for the Tokyo General Army Hospital during the Korean War

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