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42 Japanese-Americans to Receive Oregon State Honorary Degrees

June 4, 2008 RSS Feed Print

More than 60 years after they were removed from campus and sent to internment camps during World War II, 42 Japanese-Americans will be honored at Oregon State University's commencement ceremony June 15, the Barometer reports. The impetus for the honor came from two of the school's students.

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