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) Empresario sansei.

Father was convinced the constitution would protect him

When Pearl Harbor was announced, we knew right away…and my father didn’t say very much about it but he knew what was going on. He knew he had his constitutional rights. And when everybody else was panicking and when executive orders came about, he was convinced that this was unconstitutional and can’t be done. As a matter of fact, while the executive order went into place, the last day he was on the ranch changing the course of the Gavilan river, he was oblivious of the fact that he had to go to camp.

derechos civiles Segunda Guerra Mundial

Fecha: March 22, 2018

Zona: California, US

Entrevista: John Esaki

País: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum

Entrevista

Tom Yuki nació el 29 de junio de 1935 en Salinas, California. Su padre era parte de a una asociación de agricultura antes de la guerra y pudo continuar el negocio mientras estaba encarcelado en Poston, Arizona, con la ayuda de su socio, por medio de teléfono y telegrama. Después de regresar de Poston, la familia se mudó a Los Gatos, California, y continuó su negocio. Tom fue a la Universidad de Santa Clara y se enlistó en el ejército, donde fue asignado a Francia como oficial de intendencia. Tom trabajaba como administrador de contrato en una corporación cuando su padre falleció, y tuvo que encargarse del negocio como socio gerente de Yuki Farms. Tom se ha dedicado como miembro del comité de varias organizaciones, incluyendo su rol actual en el Museo Nacional Japonés Americano. (Diciembre de 2018)