. >> the family was forced to give up their land, but today, tom ikeda actually farms the same land his ancestors did back in the 1920s. how? well, it's all due in large part to the strong community ties this family had, including the ones with the loomis family, who despite persecution from some, took care and looked after the ikeda's farm while they were gone. gordon bennett, a cousin of the loomis family, still lives in the area and takes great pride in remembering what his family did. >> and we found in the end result of it everything paid off. we did the right thing, and we were on the right track to begin with. >> especially during that time where there was a lot of fear of the war and there was a lot of prejudice--you know, prior to world war ii, there was a lot of prejudice against the asians in general, and so for a local family to step up like that against a lot of the community was very brave of them. >> today the whole ikeda family takes great satisfaction in the fact that they farm across the same fields their ancestors did nearly 90 years ago, and today, they have grown so