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1. Interview of Eileen Lay on her service as a teacher in occupied Japan from 1950 to 1953

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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.
Date Issued:
1986-04-19T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project