The University of California Board of Regents has voted to grant honorary degrees to all Japanese Americans who were students at the university before being forced into federal internment camps during World War II. School officials estimated that more than half of the 700 Japanese Americans enrolled during the 1941-42 school year never returned to graduate after their release from the internment camps.
UC to Grant Japanese WWII Internees Degrees
HeadlineJul 20, 2009