My mom was a little girl in Sapporo, Japan. She didn't talk much about what happened during the war, but I do remember her saying that they were very, very hungry and cold much of the time. I also remember the distant and pained look on her face when she said that.

I honestly don't know what was going on on my father's side during WWII. My dad served in Japan after the Korean War (where I was conceived and born).