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

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.

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.