Emerson Chapin oral history interview

1979-02-09

Chapin, Emerson; Mayo, Marlene J.

Oral history interview with Emerson Chapin conducted by Marlene Mayo on February 9, 1979. Emerson E. Chapin (July 31, 1920 - April 14, 2003) was a longtime "New York Times" editor and foreign correspondent.  He served in Japan during the Occupation in both military and civilian roles. In late September 1945, Chapin's division, the 98th Infantry, was sent to Japan as part of the Occupation forces. Discharged in 1946, he returned that same year to Japan to work in the Civil Information and Education Section (CI&E) of GHQ/SCAP, doing press analysis of magazines. When CI&E was disbanded, Chapin did similar work for the Allied Translator and Interpreter Service (ATIS). He left Japan on July 10, 1950. Emerson Chapin passed away at age 82.

University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)

Oral histories

Japan--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1952

Japan; New Jersey; Montclair

Postwar Japan

Special Collections and University Archives

English

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Recording: 02:36:00 (audio cassette; mp3); Transcript: 62 pages (PDF)

This oral history interview is part of the Marlene J. Mayo oral histories. A guide to the full collection of Marlene J. Mayo oral histories is available in our archival collections: http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/42478.
Accession 2009-209-GWP
An interview transcript is available.

Filename: prange-087520