AIKO TENGAN TOKUNAGA: CELEBRATIONS IN OKINAWA
published Oct 23, 2018

An Oral History

Aiko Tengan Tokunaga


Aiko Tengan Tokunaga is a survivor of the Battle for Okinawa. She was just a baby whose mother was able to stay alive and to preserve her children's lives. Interviewed for the website, Densho Digital Archives, Mrs. Tokunaga describes much of what it was like growing up prior to, during and following the war.

In this second segment:

  • Family's memories of hiding in caves with a newborn baby,
  • Family's struggles to survive on Okinawa during the war,
  • Attending school in post-war Okinawa during the U.S. occupation,
  • Coping with devastation

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