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By Jennifer Rosenberg, About.com Guide to 20th Century History since 1997

High School Diplomas Finally Awarded to WWII Internees

Wednesday August 24, 2005
Nearly sixty Japanese Americans interned in World War II-era concentration camps in the United States were awarded their high school diplomas in a ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday, August 21. A new California law allows Japanese Americans to receive their diplomas from the high schools they had been attending prior to their internments. Since the law passed a year ago, over 400 people have received diplomas.

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