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By Suzanne Falgout
Micronesians frequently liken the Pacific struggle to a storm, one who swept away their former lives and taken dramatic adjustments to their understandings of the realm and their areas in it. whether or not they spent the conflict in bomb shelters, in candy potato fields less than the weapons of jap infantrymen, or of their houses on atolls sheltered from the battle, Micronesians who survived these years be aware of that their peoples gone through an enormous ancient transformation. but Pacific struggle histories scarcely point out the Islanders throughout whose lands and seas the struggling with waged.
Memories of War units out to the fill that ancient hole by means of providing the lacking voices of Micronesians and via viewing these years from their views. the point of interest is on Micronesian remembrances―the ritual commemorations, gains of the panorama, tales, dances, and songs that retain their thoughts of the clash alive. The inclusion of diverse and vast interviews and songs is a crucial characteristic of this booklet, permitting Micronesians to talk for themselves approximately their reports. moreover, additionally they exhibit distinctively Micronesian cultural stories of war.
Memories of War preserves robust and poignant thoughts for Micronesians; it additionally demonstrates to scholars of heritage and tradition the level to which cultural practices and values form the remembrance of non-public experience.
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Micronesia’s present, then, as well as its recent past, has been shaped by wars, the threat of wars, and preparations for wars, and that legacy will carry into the future. “ micronesia” 19 Chapter 2 CULTURAL MEMORIES AND THE PACIFIC WAR Scholars have written volumes on the importance of memory. They point out that our experience of the present is largely based on, or even embedded within, our knowledge of the past. While knowledge of the past is not unchanging, they argue, it nevertheless helps to keep us oriented.
What was their war—the war they experienced— about, for them? We approach this question by looking not at the place of Micronesia in military strategy, but at the themes that run through the spoken memories of those years. Micronesian stories of World War II are personal, subjective, emotional, and concerned with the everyday. Micronesian narratives are about how the war was experienced. They are told primarily to a Micronesian audience, typically in a private or domestic context. Although they are also occasionally told in more public, formal contexts on some islands—as part of Liberation Day ceremonies, church services, or kava sessions—these stories have not been nationalized, especially not to the extent that they have been for the Allies.
We learned a lot of things from the soldiers. I never thought about anything else at that time. In fact, I kind of liked the idea—I sometimes joined the local people to learn those things. After a while—it had been two or three years that Governor Yamomoto had been working in Toloas—at this time, there was a rumor that there was going to be a war between the Japanese and Chinese. They started a tinfoil drive. We were to collect tinfoil and give it to the Japanese. They said they were going to send it to Japan and recycle it into coins.