The following is an oral history of one woman's account of her childhood before, during and after the World War II bombings of Japan as told to her daughter.
Online resources were utilized to fact check the accuracy of names, dates and general chronology of historical events.
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Forged In Fire: Stories of wartime Japan
No FicciónForged In Fire is the true story of a young girl's childhood in pre-WW II Tokyo; her schoolgirl dreams; the violence, starvation and desperation of wartime that drove her family out of the city; and the American Occupation that shaped Japan's future...
