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.

Felt no hostility in Los Gatos, California after the war

Los Gatos in San Jose was a lot friendlier to the Japanese so we didn’t feel any prejudice at all. We were there after camp in 1944. The war ended in 1945. When the atomic bomb was dropped in 1945, August of 1945, we still remember the fact that after all it was our relatives, my grandfather’s family who were in Hiroshima. And so we had great concern over what happened to them. Of course, here was no news from Japan at that time. We were very concerned about…my grandmother definitely was.

In 1945 when the war ended, my grandmother and I were in downtown San Jose shopping. When the war ended all the confetti dropped from the ceiling and I remember the day when the war was over. I didn’t know what was going on, my grandmother did, so immediately we came home not knowing what’s going to happen to us. So I do remember the day that the war ended. Our friends were very sympathetic, there was no hostility. The people of San Jose and Los Gatos were very kind to us, so we were very lucky.

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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)