High School Diplomas Awarded to 
Japanese-Americans Interned in WWII 
--Sixty Years Later.
June 11, 2004 
Berkeley, California

Robert Hata, Margaret Kusaba and Norman Hirose 
were students at Berkeley High in the early 1940s. 
When WWII began, they were sent to the Topaz, Utah, 
internment camp. Sixty years later, under a new California law, 
they received their diplomas from Berkeley High. 
"Granting these diplomas is a lesson for our students today, 
that it is never too late to apologize for our mistakes," 
said Berkeley Unified School District spokesperson Mark Coplan. 

Photos by Lonny Shavelson --COPYRIGHT © 2004
                                                        

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Robert Hata, Margaret Kusaba



Margaret Kusaba



Norman Hirose, Robert Hata, Margaret Kusaba



Norman Hirose, Robert Hata, Margaret Kusaba



Terry Doran, board member of the Berkeley Unified School District, 
congratulates the Japanese-American graduates. 



Margaret Kusaba



Robert Hata

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