California man, who saved Japanese farms during WWII, turns 100

By Stephen Magagnini
smagagnini@sacbee.com
Published: Monday, Jul. 25, 2011 - 12:00 am | Page 1B Last Modified: Monday, Jul. 25, 2011 - 8:03 am

More than 150 relatives, friends and neighbors filled Florin Community Center on Sunday to celebrate a true American war hero.Bob Fletcher – who officially turns 100 on Tuesday – didn't see combat in World War II. But he was shot at for being a Japanese sympathizer when he quit his job to save three local Japanese American farms whose owners were sent to internment camps.