“Pupils War Experience Note in my Diary”
World War II; Japan; Civilians at War; Children; Incendiary bombing;
"Pupils' War Experience Noted in My Diary" is a personal account by Shimizu Mitsuo that records events of World War II on the Japanese homefront in the Spring and Summer of 1945. This account is published in "Senso: The Japanese Remember the Pacific War" which is a collections of letters sent to the "Asahi Newspaper" between 1986 and 1987 that describe the homefront experiences of Japanese civilians.
Shimizu, Mitsuo (creator); Gibney, Frank (editor); Cary, Beth (translator);
Frank Gibney, Ed., and Beth Cary, trans., "Senso: The Japanese Remember the Pacific War: Letters to the Editor of the Asahi Shimbun" (Amonk: M.E. Sharpe, 2007) 186-188.
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In "Memories of Youth Turned to Ashes," Okubo Michiko explains how a U.S. bombing raid on her hometown destroyed her memories of her youth. This account is published in "Senso: The Japanese Remember the Pacific War "which is a collections of letters sent to the "Asahi Newspaper" between 1986 and 1987 that describe the homefront experiences of Japanese civilians.
Hiratani, Yasuko (author); Gibney, Frank (editor); Cary, Beth (translator);
Frank Gibney, Ed., and Beth Cary, trans., "Senso: The Japanese Remember the Pacific War: Letters to the Editor of the Asahi Shimbun" (Amonk: M.E. Sharpe, 2007) 205-206.
World War II; Japan; Civilians at War; Children; Education;
"Labeled Sixth Rank for Being Bad" is a personal account by Sato Rakuro published in "Senso: The Japanese Remember the Pacific War." Originally, this personal account was a letter to the editor of the "Asahi" Newspaper in Japan between 1986-1987. The "Asahi" had requested the war experiences of all of it readers. This letter provides a glimpse of a student's perspective of their war-time education.
Sato, Rukuro (author); Gibney, Frank (editor); Cary, Beth (translator);
Frank Gibney, Ed., and Beth Cary, trans., "Senso: The Japanese Remember the Pacific War: Letters to the Editor of the Asahi Shimbun" (Amonk: M.E. Sharpe, 2007) 189-190.
In "Hand Like a Maple Leaf," Okubo Michiko describes her experience of a U.S. incendiary bombing raid in Japan during World War II. This account is published in "Senso: the Japanese Remember the Pacific War" which is a collections of letters sent to the "Asahi Newspaper" between 1986 and 1987 that describe the homefront experiences of Japanese civilians.
Okubo, Michiko (author); Gibney, Frank (editor); Cary, Beth (translator);
Frank Gibney, Ed., and Beth Cary, trans., "Senso: The Japanese Remember the Pacific War: Letters to the Editor of the Asahi Shimbun" (Amonk: M.E. Sharpe, 2007) 207-208.
"Doesn't Seem Too Bad" is a personal account written by Shirai Naruo, who was a child during World War II in Japan and discusses the effects of U.S. incendiary bombing tactics on Japanese cities. This account is published in "Senso: The Japanese Remember the Pacific War" which is a collections of letters sent to the "Asahi Newspaper" between 1986 and 1987 that describe the homefront experiences of Japanese civilians.
Shirai, Naruo (author); Gibney, Frank (editor); Cary, Beth (translator);
Frank Gibney, Ed., and Beth Cary, trans., "Senso: The Japanese Remember the Pacific War: Letters to the Editor of the Asahi Shimbun" (Amonk: M.E. Sharpe, 2007) 206-207.
“A Boy’s Lonely Death on a Broiling Street”
World War II; Japan; Civilians at War; Children; Food insecurity;
In "A Boy's Lonely Death on a Broiling Street," Ozawa Namiyo describes seeing a starved teenager die on the streets in Japan during World War II. This narrative is published in "Senso: The Japanese Remember the Pacific War" which is a collections of letters sent to the "Asahi Newspaper" between 1986 and 1987 that describe the homefront experiences of Japanese civilians.
Ozawa, Namiyo (author); Gibney, Frank (editor); Cary, Beth (translator);
Frank Gibney, Ed., and Beth Cary, trans., "Senso: The Japanese Remember the Pacific War: Letters to the Editor of the Asahi Shimbun" (Amonk: M.E. Sharpe, 2007) 193-194.
World War II; Japanese occupation of the Philippines; Philippines; Civilians at War; Comfort Women;
Dolores Pasaring Molina describes living through the Japanese occupation of the Philippines including being abducted by Japanese Soldiers to serve as a "comfort woman." Comfort women were women and girls who were forced or coerced into becoming sexual slaves for Japanese soldiers. Comfort women also existed in other Japanese-occupied countries.
Molina, Dolores Pasaring (interviewee); Galang, M. Evelina (interviewer);
M. Evalina Galang, "Lola’s House: Filipino Women Living With War" (Evanston IL: Curbstone Books/ Northwestern University Press, 2017) 136-138.
Northwestern University Press
“Last Few Months of the Japanese Occupation”
World War II; Japanese occupation of the Philippines; Philippines; Civilians at War;
This excerpt from "Kuwentong Bayan: Noong Panahon Ng Hapon: Everyday Life in a Time of War" provides several personal accounts describing the last few months of the Japanese occupation of the Philippines as well as some of the atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers in 1945.
Kintanar, Thelma B. (editor and compiler);
Thelma B. Kintanar, ed., "Kuwentong Bayan: Noong Panahon Ng Hapon: Everyday Life in a Time of War," (Quezon City: The University of the Philippines Press, 2006) 195-198.
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World War II; Japanese occupation of the Philippines; Philippines; Children; Food insecurity;
This is an excerpt from "Kuwentong Bayan: Noong Panahon Ng Hapon: Everyday Life in a Time of War" that describes how World War II and the Japanese occupation of the Philippines affected the food situation.
Thelma B. Kintanar, ed., "Kuwentong Bayan: Noong Panahon Ng Hapon: Everyday Life in a Time of War," (Quezon City: The University of the Philippines Press, 2006) 38-42.
World War II; Japanese occupation of the Philippines; Philippines; Children; Civilians at war;
This excerpt from "Kuwentong Bayan: Noong Panahon Ng Hapon: Everyday Life in a Time of War" provides an example of how one Filipino, who was a child during the war, remembered World War II in the Philippines.
anonymous (author); Kintanar, Thelma B. (editor and compiler);
Thelma B. Kintanar, ed., "Kuwentong Bayan: Noong Panahon Ng Hapon: Everyday Life in a Time of War," (Quezon City: The University of the Philippines Press, 2006) 228-229.
World War II; Japanese occupation of the Philippines; Philippines; Children; Education;
This is an excerpt from "Kuwentong Bayan: Noong Panahon Ng Hapon: Everyday Life in a Time of War" which is a compilation of Filipino personal narratives of World War II in the Philippines. This excerpt discusses how the Japanese occupation forces changed the education system in the Philippines.
Thelma B. Kintanar, ed., "Kuwentong Bayan: Noong Panahon Ng Hapon: Everyday Life in a Time of War," (Quezon City: The University of the Philippines Press, 2006) 113-116.
World War II; Japanese occupation of the Philippines; Philippines; Children; Manilla Massacre;
“I Survived the Manilla Massacre” is the personal account of Anna P. Maynilad, who was a seventeen during the Manilla Massacre (also known as the Battle of Manilla) in 1945. During the Manilla Massacre, as the United States began to retake Manilla, many Japanese soldiers began to rape, burn, and pillage the capital city. The process of liberating Filipinos from Japanese rule was very brutal for Filipino citizens as they were caught in the middle of the fighting between Fil-American and Japanese forces.
Maynilad, Anna P. (author); Marquez, F.T. (editor); Marquez, Ely Javillonar (editor);
Ely Javillonar Marquez and F. T. Marquez, eds., "Childhood Memories of a War-Torn Philippines" (West Conshohocken, PA: Infinity Publishing, 2016), 185-190
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World War II; Japanese occupation of the Philippines; Philippines; Children; Food Insecurity;
“Battling Disease and Starvation” is the personal account of Lilia Verano Brewbaker, who was a child during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. This account provides an example of the food insecurity in the Philippines during World War II and was published in Ely Javillonar Marquez and F.T. Marquez's book: "Childhood Memories of a War Torn Philippines."
Brewbaker, Lilia Verano (author); Verano, Francisco (co-author); Marquez, F.T. (editor); Marquez, Ely Javillonar (editor);
Ely Javillonar Marquez and F. T. Marquez, eds., "Childhood Memories of a War-Torn Philippines" (West Conshohocken, PA: Infinity Publishing, 2016), 117-123.
homecoming; aggies; football
Image from the gallery talk for the exhibit “Where the Sagebrush Grows: A History of USU Homecoming”
Devin Greener (photographer)
Frankie Urrutia-Smith; Robert Parson; USU Special Collections & Archives
Image of the exhibit “Where the Sagebrush Grows: A History of USU Homecoming”