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Arroyo Grande HIgh School principal Dan Neff hands Haruo Hayashi his diploma. |
June 5, 2019 will be a day to remember for the family of 93-year-old Haruo Hayashi. The former prisoner at a WWII incarceration camp finally received his high school diploma in San Luis Obispo, California this week, reports the Tribune.
What made it even more special, Arroyo Grande High School also awarded a diploma to his grandson on the same day.
Like so many of those incarcerated, Hayashi missed his own high school graduation with his classmates. He spent his high school years at the Gila War Relocation Center, a euphemism for a federal prison.
After the internment order ended in 1944, Hayashi briefly joined the Army before returning home to Arroyo Grande to the family farm. Since then Hayashi has risen to prominence as a respected farmer, an advocate for reparations for those impacted by the War Relocation Order of 1942 and one of the most well-known figures in Arroyo Grande, reports the Tribune.
“It’s pretty awesome. He has been my biggest fan growing up, so it is really special to share this moment with him,”said his grandson, Kobe, to KSBY.
Kobe's grandfather, Haruo Hayashi had a quiet smile as he looked down at his diploma.
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