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Mori,Johnny

Taiko considered "Jazz" in the Philippines

Johnny Mori October 15, 2004

From there (Tokyo), we went to the Philippines. And then in the Philippines, this is …

Uchimura,Sawako Ashizawa

Life in Davao, Philippines

Sawako Ashizawa Uchimura July 12, 2017

Father went to Philippines, because it was only available country at that time to go …

Uchimura,Sawako Ashizawa

Kindergarten in Davao, Philippines

Sawako Ashizawa Uchimura July 12, 2017

I went to kindergarten in Nishi-Honganji when we were still in Davao, and the – …

Uchimura,Sawako Ashizawa

Evacuated to the Jungle

Sawako Ashizawa Uchimura July 12, 2017

The war became much more intense, so we had to escape into the jungle. And …

Uchimura,Sawako Ashizawa

Captured by Guerillas after bombing of Pearl Harbor

Sawako Ashizawa Uchimura July 12, 2017

Pearl Harbor – that time was December 8, 1941, and I was about three, I …

Uchimura,Sawako Ashizawa

Family was shipped back to Japan after the war

Sawako Ashizawa Uchimura July 12, 2017

The news of end of the war reached, and we all came out of the …

Uchimura,Sawako Ashizawa

Attitudes toward Hikiagesha

Sawako Ashizawa Uchimura July 12, 2017

1954 when we applied for US citizenship, that we found out – we found out …

Uchimura,Sawako Ashizawa

Life in the Philippines

Sawako Ashizawa Uchimura July 12, 2017

The community of nearly 2,000 people – by the – the Pacific War started, I …

Uchimura,Sawako Ashizawa

Unique Identity from Having Multiple Backgrounds

Sawako Ashizawa Uchimura July 12, 2017

Throughout my life, I think, I identified as Japanese, because that’s most of the – …

Uchimura,Sawako Ashizawa

Returning to the Philippines

Sawako Ashizawa Uchimura July 12, 2017

It was like dream come true, because I – what I remembered from my childhood, …

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