Japanese internment camps (Executive Order 9066) were an ugly chapter in US history, which changed the lives of many Japanese Americans. Some of the people affected were those attending school back in the 1940’s. 700 UC students were forced to leave school in the middle of their studies by the government. 89 year old Grace Amemiya was among these student. Over the weekend, she and her fellow classmates were awarded degrees nearly 70 years after they first set out to get them. The sad part is most of the former students have already passed away. Their families accepted the degrees on their be half.

Graduating Senior Grace Amemiya