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Jose Buktaw finished his final classes at UCLA to secure a better job to support his family of eight. He waited until midnight, when the house was quiet enough, to finish his homework.

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Veteran graduates 28 years after first enrolling

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He started at UCLA 28 years ago as a teenager from a poor part of Los Angeles, a former gang member who had seen his friends fall to gunshots and knives while still in high school.

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Veteran graduates 28 years after first enrolling

By Kristen Taketa

Sept. 22, 2013 12:00 a.m.