Yukio Tatsumi was interviewed for the Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project. Yukio Tatsumi, born on August 23, 1920, on Terminal Island, California, recalls his early life in a close-knit Japanese-American community. His parents were immigrants from Japan, with his father arriving in the United States in the late 1800s and initially working as an abalone diver at White Point. Tatsumi describes Terminal Island as a self-contained community of around 3,000 Japanese and Japanese-Americans, with families working in fish canneries. He recounts his childhood activities, such as playing baseball and attending Japanese school. He shares memories of the local Japanese fishing industry, the abalone business, and the cultural life on the island, including traditional Japanese movies shown at the Japanese Fisherman's Hall. During the interview, Tatsumi details his father’s ventures, including operating the White Point Hot Springs and Resort and a Japanese fish cannery. He also discusses the impact of the 1933 Long Beach earthquake on Terminal Island and his family's subsequent relocation. Tatsumi reflects on the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, including his own experience of being forced to leave Terminal Island following Executive Order 9066. After the war, he returned to find his former home and community gone, replaced by a container base. He later pursued fishing and started a Japanese grocery store in Long Beach, reflecting on the changes in his community over the years.