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WWII interneesreceive diplomasFour people forced to leave classes at Fullerton College get degrees.By ADAM TOWNSENDTHE.ORANGE COUNTY REGISTERFULLERTON • A wartimedecree nearly 70 years ago turned the lives of two young women - and thousands of others - upside-down.Stella Asawa Yano, 87, of Norwalk and Mitsuko Yasukochi Funakoshi, 87, of Oceanside were Fullerton College students inApril 1942, just a month from graduating. President Franklin Roosevelt had recently issued Executive Order 9066 authorizing the relocation of Japanese Americans.nakoshi - even through college where they were studying business.They said they still remember when copies of the order were tacked up on telephone poles.“Our family evacuated,” said Funakoshi. “They gave us a short time if you had a place to go. We had friends of the family in Colorado. ... We lived on a farm with coal stoves, no electricity, outdoor toilets. I had never done farm work before, but what are you going to do?”She said her brother stayed behind in Norwalk too long and ended up at an internment camp in
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Santa Ana Orange County Register
Santa Ana, California, US
Fri, May 28, 2010
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