Name: My Two and Half Years Behind Barbed Wire in the U.S. During WWII”
Start: 2025-10-23T19:00:00-06:00
Location: University of Montana, Social Services Building, room 356

$My Two and Half Years Behind Barbed Wire in the U.S. During WWII\u201d$

The Historical Museum at Fort Missoula invites you to join us for a special evening with Yukio Shimomura. Thursday, October 23rd, at 7pm in the University of Montana Social Sciences Building room 356, Shimomura will be sharing his family’s experience during the 40's when WWII started and how Executive Order 9066 affected his family.
Yukio was born in San Francisco and was in grade school when WWII started. His family was incarcerated in three different War Relocation Authority camps. Despite his internment Yukio went on to graduate from high school in Ogden, UT and earn a degree in Manufacturing Engineering from Weber State University. His education led to a successful career in American and Japanese electronic companies as well as several consulting opportunities in management coaching and team building.
Shimomura presently resides in Morgan Hill, CA.
His presentation, “My Two Years Behind Barbed Wire During WWII in the US” includes his experience leaving San Francisco and entering the incarceration camps in San Bruno, Tanforan Race Track and Topaz, Utah.
Yukio relates what his parents went through, with his older brothers and Yukio, the lifestyle, dynamics and significant ironies present in camp.
You’ll learn how the family left the camp and where they settled.