Entrevistas

1. His family's migration to Salinas, California

2. Father created a partnership to grow and ship vegetables

3. Father's business partner operated their farming business during WWII

4. Father was convinced the constitution would protect him

5. Japanese were not welcomed back to Salinas

6. Felt no hostility in Los Gatos, California after the war

7. Able to settle easily in Los Gatos with foresight and luck

8. Requested assignment in Europe to avoid combat in the Korean War

9. Taking over his father's business after father's accident

10. Mochitsuki tradition

11. Feelings about redress

12. Mr. Hirasaki brought World Fair Japanese pavilion to Gilroy

Yuki,Tom

(n. 1935) Empresário Sansei

Requested assignment in Europe to avoid combat in the Korean War

I graduated high school in 1953. Of course my father told me you’re going to go into business, so therefore you’re going to go to business school. I started off in engineering and finally ended up going to school of business and did the normal thing. In those days it was primarily economy, economics, and marketing. So that’s what I did.

And that was a period in which the Korean War was just ending but still I was afraid of the draft. Most of my friends… when they graduated high school they were subjected to the draft. I was afraid of the draft. When I went to the University of Santa Clara my option was to go to the ROTC (Reserve Officers' Training Corps) program, or not to. Well I figured it was safe to say…because I wasn’t very smart, and I could flunk out of school. If I flunk out of school, I’m going to get drafted. So I joined the ROTC program. Naturally when I graduated I was commissioned. Otherwise I would’ve…if I said I wanted to go to Japan after my commissioning, I was afraid I was going to end up in Korea. So I said I want to go to Europe. After I graduated Santa Clara University I was assigned to France and my branch of service was the Quartermaster corps because I was afraid to go into combat (laughs).

rascunho educação serviço nacional

Data: March 22, 2018

Localização Geográfica: California, US

Entrevistado: John Esaki

País: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum

Entrevistados

Tom Yuki nasceu em 29 de junho de 1935 em Salinas, Califórnia. Seu pai pertencia a uma parceria agrícola antes da guerra e foi capaz de continuar o negócio enquanto estava encarcerado em Poston, Arizona, com a ajuda de seu parceiro de negócios via telefone e telegrama. Depois de voltar de Poston, a família mudou-se para Los Gatos, Califórnia e continuou os seus negócios. Tom foi para a Universidade de Santa Clara e juntou-se aos militares, sendo designado para a França como oficial de Quartel-Mestre. Ele trabalhava como administrador de contratos em uma empresa quando seu pai morreu, deixando Tom para assumir o negócio como sócio-gerente da Yuki Farms. Tom atuou como membro do conselho em muitas organizações, incluindo seu atual papel no Museu Nacional Japonês Americano.