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Fred Hirasuna | |
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| Born | February 11, 1908 |
| Died | February 12, 2004 (aged 96) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | JACL President Business Owner |
| Spouse | Setsuko Hirasuna |
| Children | 3 |
Fred Yoshio Hirasuna was a nisei, president of the Fresno chapter of the JACL during the Second World War[1] and a co-founder of Sunnyside Packing Company.[2]
Early life
editborn in lodi california, married setsuko hirasuna, open chicken sexing business, became jacl president chicken sexing companyclosed and sold off due to evacuating to MN Fears over potential war with Japan and mass internment/concentration if it happened
Fresno JACL President and evacuation during World War II
editwas not interned, liquidated business, evacuated to MN to avoid interment, encouraged compliance among the Japanese-americans given relocation orders due to concerns over potential deportation
Return to Fresno post-war
editestablished SPC, still around today
Opposition to the Resisters
editseveral interviews as he was the former president, many disagreements and expressions of doubt over the true motivations of the resisters
potential sources for now
densho
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/20/
https://ddr.densho.org/interviews/ddr-densho-1000-21-1/
https://ddr.densho.org/interviews/ddr-densho-122-29-1/
https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-8/ddr-csujad-8-88-mezzanine-858d70262b.pdf
resisters
https://www.resisters.com/htdocs/news/PC_Merced.htm
https://www.resisters.com/htdocs/news/PC_Nakagawa.ht
https://resisters.com/2004/02/23/in-memoriam-fred-hirasuna/m
pacific citizen
https://pacificcitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/archives-menu/Vol.077_%2312_Sep_21_1973.pdf
https://pacificcitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/archives-menu/Vol.089_%2374_Dec_21_1979.pdf
https://pacificcitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/archives-menu/Vol.045_%2325_Dec_20_1957.pdf
https://pacificcitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/archives-menu/Vol.073_%2323_Dec_03_1971.pdf
misc
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/fresnobee/name/fred-hirasuna-obituary?id=14631671
http://www.sunnysidepacking.com/index.php?dl=43
https://omeka.library.fresnostate.edu/s/japanese-americans/item/863
https://thebusinessjournal.com/todd-hirasuna/
https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.29222936
https://dp.la/item/e9243b707958a14fdd8de9e1d4f39c3b
https://online.ucpress.edu/ch/article-pdf/82/4/78/544238/25161775.pdf
https://www.sunnysidepacking.com/in-the-news
https://guides.library.fresnostate.edu/c.php?g=636720&p=4477414
https://theorangestory.org/chapter4.php
https://abc30.com/made-in-the-valley-sunnyside-packing-agriculture-bell-peppers/188032/
https://pinedalememorial.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Storyboard-6-Reclaiming-Lost-Lives.pdf
https://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16855coll4/id/11409
https://calisphere.org/item/71c56081ffd9dcea2235ab3b1a7d616c/
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87062084/1942-09-03/ed-1/?sp=1&st=text
https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/public/2021-08/40-051-6037539-033-017-2021.pdf
https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A132775775/AONE?u=anon~d56508c7&sid=googleScholar&xid=8d92438a
https://www.ipl.org/essay/Swot-Analysis-Of-Enzo-Pesto-FCZ72V3NPG
https://academic.oup.com/princeton-scholarship-online/book/14737/chapter-abstract/168926422?redirectedFrom=fulltext
https://theproducenews.com/third-generation-takes-wheel-sunnyside-packing
http://sunnysidepacking.com/history.html