[Interview of Eileen Lay on her service as a teacher in occupied Japan from 1950 to 1953].
Eileen Lay talks about her service as a teacher in occupied Japan from 1950 to 1953. Lay describes traveling to Japan and conducting shipboard sing-a-longs with U.S. troops bound for the Korean War. She also talks about her daily life in Japan, surviving a typhoon, the classes she taught, her friend...
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| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 audio file (39 min., 10 sec.)) |
| Format: | Electronic Audio Software |
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Eileen Lay talks about her service as a teacher in occupied Japan from 1950 to 1953. Lay describes traveling to Japan and conducting shipboard sing-a-longs with U.S. troops bound for the Korean War. She also talks about her daily life in Japan, surviving a typhoon, the classes she taught, her friendships with Japanese citizens and U.S. soldiers, judging Japanese students in English speaking contests, and traveling with the Cormorant fisherman who used the birds to catch fish. Lay is recorded at a regular meeting of the Women's Overseas Service League Lansing, MI Unit. Introduction is by Elsie Hornbacher. |
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| Note: | Title supplied. Part of the Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project. Digitized by the G. Robert Vincent Voice Library of the Michigan State University Libraries. |
| Call Number: | Voice 32741 DB32741 cassette |
| Playing Time: | 00:39:10 |
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Interviewee, Eileen Lay ; interviewers, Elsie Hornbacher, Jane Piatt. |
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Recorded 1986 April 19 |