“My Two and Half Years Behind Barbed Wire”
Jul 28, 2016
Yukio Shimomura
“My Two and Half Years Behind Barbed Wire”
Yukio was born in San Francisco, has a background in Manufacturing Engineering and Human Resources. He currently resides in Morgan Hill, married, with three children, and five grandchildren. His Bucket List: "Present My 2 1/2 Years Behind Barbed Wire During WWII"
Yukio Shimomura will be sharing his family’s experience during the 40s when WWII started and how Executive Order 9066 affected his family. Leaving San Francisco and entering the incarceration camps in South San Francisco and in Delta, Utah, he will describe what his parents, his older brothers and Yukio went through, the lifestyle in the camp, the dynamics in the camp, the significant ironies. He will discuss how the family left the camp and where they settled.