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DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-758
title: Tom Lasser
title: A Veteran's Memories

description: Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Thomas Edward Lasser retired after completing 40 years of military service. He spent seven years on active duty with the US Army and another 33 years with the California National Guard. Thirty years of that which was fulltime status with the California Military Department. Tom is a Vietnam veteran. He is now consulting for his own firm, T. E. Lasser & Associates, LLC. He earned his Army aviator wings after completing the Army Aviation Warrant Officer Aviator Flight Course. He flew UH-1 Hueys in the Republic of Vietnam and after receiving a direct commission, he completed another tour in Vietnam flying Boeing CH-47 Chinooks. LTC Lasser then transferred into the California Army National Guard following his second tour of combat duty. He is a master Army aviator with over 6000 flying hours including more than 1000 helicopter missions in Vietnam and almost 1800 combat flying hours. His military decorations include:the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC), Purple Heart, Legion of Merit, Air Medal with 35 Oak Leaf clusters, Meritorious Service Medals, Bronze Star and other commendations, service awards and campaign ribbons which reflect over forty years of military service. Unit awards include the Valorous Unit Award, Army Superior Unit Award and Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. Christian Hall is a student majoring in Communication from the Annenberg School of Communication & Journalism.; Matt Wardojo is a senior majoring in Business Administration. He also has family in Southeast Asia; one of the main reasons he is interested in Asian studies.; Nick Wright is a junior majoring in Chemical Engineering with an emphasis is Nanotechnology from the Viterbi School of Engineering.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-762
title: Terry Duddy
title: A Medic's Story of Vietnam

description: Terrance Duddy was born in Coldwater, Michigan where he was raised by his mother and father on their farm. Growing up in Michigan, Mr. Duddy was not exposed to many Asian people or diverse cultures. After graduating high school, Mr. Duddy didn’t have very many choices as his peers tended to have a negative influence on his studies growing up. Thus, Mr. Duddy turned to military service and enlisted into the army, as he saw this as a way to further his life and fulfill his duty as a good American citizen. When enlisted, Mr. Duddy was given the option of going to West Point Military Academy, but declined because of the long-term commitment it involved to the United States military. With this refusal to enroll to West Point, he was then sent to Vietnam where he preformed his duties of a medic, after he had received training from the military. While in Vietnam, Mr. Duddy did his best to perform his duties to excellence, while trying to keep his sanity. Even with the widespread use of drugs and prostitutes by the American soldiers, Mr. Duddy did not indulge those vices that were present during the war. However, due to the extent of his service and the obvious pressure of war he did reach out to those mediums as a way to relieve his stress from time to time. After Mr. Duddy's service in the military, he found himself in Southern California where he eventually chose to enroll into school. While attending college he took particular interest in acting, which occurred completely by accident. With this newfound love, he spent 20 years on the sets of small budget productions and commercial shoots. However, Mr. Duddy soon realized that part of his success in acting was accredited to the fact that he has developed Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. In fact, the reason why it took Mr. Duddy to realize that he was no longer the same person as before the was was due to the little known medical knowledge of the disorder around the time period of the War in Vietnam. Thus, with our knowledge of Mr. Duddy possessing PTSD our interview was largely controlled by his needs and preferences, as we did not want to invoke and alienate his condition. However, at the end of our interview, our group was pleased with both the information extracted from Mr. Duddy and the natural feel of the interaction between us. Today, Mr. Duddy is employed at American Legion where he works to educate the public of the many suppressed details of the War in Vietnam. In addition, given Mr. Duddy’s conditions and with many soldiers currently living with PTSD, he actively reaches out to those in need of help, and works endlessly to assist veterans find ways to live their lives without being controlled by PTSD. Payam Almasi: From Burlingame, California, just south of San Francisco. I am a sophomore student at the University of Southern California majoring in Economics.; Ochanya Ogah, from Houston, Texas. Junior studying Health and Humanity at the University of Southern California.; Chiao Sz Chuang is a senior at the University of Southern California and is majoring in Economics.
DOI: 10.25549/prim-c46-5878
title: Bushido, the language of action : lecture by Samuel Yamashita, 1989

description: AASCU's Japan Studies Institute in 1989 was held in San Diego from June 21 to July 14, under the direction of Alvin P. Coox and featuring lectures by specialists in a range of subjects within Japanese studie.
DOI: 10.25549/prim-c46-5937
title: Japanese history : lecture : by Alvin Coox, 1989

description: AASCU's Japan Studies Institute in 1989 was held in San Diego from June 21 to July 14, under the direction of Alvin P. Coox and featuring lectures by specialists in a range of subjects within Japanese studie.
DOI: 10.25549/prim-c46-5996
title: U.S.-Japan Friendship Commission : lecture by Eric Gangloff, 1989

description: AASCU's Japan Studies Institute in 1989 was held in San Diego from June 21 to July 14, under the direction of Alvin P. Coox and featuring lectures by specialists in a range of subjects within Japanese studie.
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-359613
title: Three essays on housing and urban demography

description: The United States is experiencing profound demographic shifts, with the aging of the baby boom generation and the entrance of the millennial generation leaving and entering labor and housing markets, respectively. At the same time, the nation is becoming an increasingly racially and ethnically diverse society. This unique moment provides a timely opportunity for analyzing the impact of demographic change. This dissertation focuses on examining relationships between population and housing choices at individual, city, and national levels. Using the framework of housing and urban demography, my dissertation contains three essays, which investigate (1) the long-term legacy of Hurricane Katrina on housing, labor, and schooling outcomes of hurricane victims, (2) the geographic distribution and factors of residential location choice among young adults, and (3) the strategic responses of financial institutions to dramatic neighborhood changes under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA).
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-376504
title: Crosstown traffic and beyond

description: Crosstown Traffic started as an ambitious project, the mission of which was to combine the skillsets of both journalism and computer science students to produce data-driven journalism that would deepen, broaden and demystify the public’s understanding of traffic in Los Angeles. It was the first real collaboration between Annenberg School of Journalism and Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California. ❧ In my thesis, I explore how this ambitious project could continue so that its impact extends beyond the calendar of the semester. This includes trying to reconcile the differences between the cultures and methods of working of journalists and computer scientists. In addition, I will try to describe future projects and how they could be incorporated into the workflow of USC Annenberg. I use my own experiences about taking part in the collaboration and the discussions I have had with different stakeholders as the basis for my suggestions. ❧ Though I am focusing on the Crosstown Traffic example, the implications this thesis attempts to raise are much broader. Data journalism is an increasingly powerful and widespread method of communication. Yet it requires resources and skills that are often in short supply in today’s newsrooms. Examining how a single project can extend its lifespan and usefulness could provide lessons for how to get more returns on investments in data journalism. Studying interactions between data experts and journalists can also reveal ways to make these types of collaborations more common and useful.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-242
title: Andy Ngo
title: My Mom Was Part Of The Killing Fields

description: Andy Ngo was born on December 3, 1992, and grew up in San Jose, California. Although he does not have any direct experience with the Vietnam War, both of his parents lived through the war and were refugees. Andy’s mother is originally from Phnom Penh, Cambodia which was the site of the secret bombing missions by the United States government, while Andy’s father is from Saigon, Vietnam. Growing up, Andy’s parents were always open to talk to him about their experiences inside the re-education camps, both in Cambodia and Vietnam, and what it was like when they escaped to Thailand. Because of his unique indirect experience, Andy provides valuable insight as to how some of the first generation Vietnamese-Americans perceive the war. Andy is currently a senior at the University of Southern California and hopes to one day become a doctor. Eric Brunts is a Senior at USC, from Denver, CO and is majoring in Industrial and Systems Engineering. Jon Koehmstedt is a Senior at USC, from Fairfax, VA and is majoring in Computer Science. Douglas Yuk is a Senior at USC, from Hong Kong, and is majoring in Biomedical (Electrical) Engineering.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-276
title: Glen Smith
title: Volunteer, Supporter, Marine

description: Glen Smith was born and raised in Oklahoma. After a year of college, he volunteered in the Marines and was sent to Okinawa in the last years of the Vietnam War. He served off the coast rescuing fallen soldiers and providing support to the troops on land. In 1975, when American troops went home Smith returned to his family. Today he works as a Program Manager in the Biological Sciences Department at the University of Southern California. Hakob Saribekyan Is a senior at USC, born in Armenia, currently residing in Los Angeles. He is double majoring in Biological Sciences and Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. Sandra Stiefel is a Junior from San Clemente, California. She is majoring in Kinesiology and is part of the women's water polo team at the University of Southern California. Mariana Aguilar is a Junior at USC and a Los Angeles native. She is majoring in Psychology, minoring in Digital Studies and Consumer Behavior as well as pursuing an Honors in Multimedia Scholarship.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-358
title: Mike O'Callaghan
title: American Police Force

description: Michael O’Callaghan was the only boy in a family of five children. Growing up in Arizona, Mike became an avid distance runner, competing at a collegiate and national level. When his draft notice came in December of 1972 for the Vietnam War, he reported for his physical evaluation, only to be turned away for inadequate health standards. Three weeks later, he ran the best marathon of his life. Health, for the military, is relative. Mike’s parents were relieved, and his mother offered him a bus, plane, or train ticket to Canada before he was to re-report the next year. Fortunately for Mike and his family, the war ended before he could report to the draft board again. Mike stills lives in Arizona and is married to Jeni O’Callaghan. Together, they have three children. Mike works as a middle school math teacher, and is still fully involved in coaching track and field and cross country. He is still running marathons. Elsa O'Callaghan is the daughter of Mike O'Callaghan and graduate of the University of Southern California. The second profiler, Geoff Parkhill, is a Computer Science Major and has one year left at the University of Southern California.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-372
title: B.R. Parks
title: A Life Apart from Vietnam

description: Barnett R. Parks is a working optometrist as well as an alumni of UCLA. Though he did not participate in the Vietnam War, he was the same age as many of the soldiers fighting at the time. During his years at UCLA he was entered into the draft lottery, but was not selected for service. Nevertheless, the war caused impact onto his life and especially his career decisions. He wanted to study in the field of medicine, but due to repercussions of the war, he opted to study the field of optometry instead. He still remembers the Vietnam War period clearly, such as the protests that happened in his university and the news and the images in the media. Fortunately none of his relatives or close friends were injured or killed due to the war, but like many people alive during that time he holds a negative opinion about the war. Mr. Parks currently has two daughters and is still working as an optometrist Daniel Kim is a 5th year senior at the University of Southern California and is majoring in Biological Sciences.Richie Bumi is a senior at the University of Southern California and is majoring in Business Administration with concentration in Corporate Finance.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-445
title: David Tool
title: War's Impact

description: David Tool was born on July 17, 1942 in Charlestown, South Carolina. He attended College of Charlestown (now known as the University of South Carolina). While attending college he took part in the Army's college option program and would later be commissioned as an officer. In June of 1966 he deployed to Vietnam as a young lieutenant. In Vietnam, Tool served as a platoon leader as a member of the 16th Infantry Brigade. After his tour in Vietnam, Tool made the transition to the Army Reserves. As a reservist he climbed through the ranks up to Colonel meanwhile earning his PHD. He retired in Los Angeles to become a part-time lecturer of American Culture at the University of Southern California. He still resides in Los Angeles today and is involved in several organizations throughout the community and USC. Randy Arias is a sophomore studying Human Biology, Andrew Gentile is a junior studying Economics, Kiran Somers is a junior studying Human Biology
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-61
title: Stephen Tyler
title: Artillery Captain

description: Stephen Tyler was born on December 5, 1939 in Los Angeles, California. He attended the University of Southern California and enlisted into the army at the age of 22. He started off in the California Army National Guard and then went to active duty during the Vietnam war. He served as an Artillery Captain during the his tour in Vietnam. After the war he continued his career in the military and stayed in active duty. He spent the last third of his military career in the reserves. He now lives in Sierra Madre and he is very involved with USC and his fraternity Beta Theta Pi. He also goes to every home football game. My name is James Jin Lee and I am 21 years old. Currently I am attending the University of Southern California as a student in the Marshall School of Business. I am glad that I had the opportunity to hear Mr. Tyler's stories during the war. Once again I would like to thank Mr. Tyler for his service. My name is Colin Kreditor and I am 18 years old. I am currently a freshman at USC and I am studying Accounting. I played golf in high school and I have lived in Southern California my whole life. My name is Patrick Gevargiz. I am currently a senior at USC and I am studying Electrical Engineering at Viterbi School of Engineering.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-663
title: Marc Yablonka
title: Changed Perspectives

description: Marc Yablonka is a military journalist whose reportage has appeared in the U.S. Military's Stars and Stripes, Army Times, Air Force Times, American Veteran, Vietnam magazine, Airways, Military Heritage, Soldier of Fortune and many other publications. Between 2001 and 2008, Marc served as a Public Affairs Officer, CWO-2, with the 40th Infantry Division Support Brigade and Installation Support Group, California State Military Reserve, Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos, California. During that time, he wrote articles and took photographs in support of Soldiers who were mobilizing for and demobilizing from Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. His work was published in Soldiers, official magazine of the United States Army, Grizzly, magazine of the California National Guard, the Blade, magazine of the 63rd Regional Readiness Command-U.S. Army Reserves, Hawaii Army Weekly, and Army Magazine, magazine of the Association of the U.S. Army. Marc's decorations include the California National Guard Medal of Merit, California National Guard Service Ribbon, and California National Guard Commendation Medal w/ Oak Leaf. He also served two tours of duty with the Sar El Unit of the Israeli Defense Forces and holds the Master's of Professional Writing degree earned from the University of Southern California. Distant War: Recollections of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia is Marc's first book. Marc's second book Tears Across the Mekong, about the Secret War in Laos, has just been published by Figueroa Press. Joshua Kim: Junior studying Business Administration Franklin Johnson III: Junior studying Chemical Engineering (Petroleum) Kevin Yu: Sophomore studying Business Administration
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-742
title: Hanah and Danny An
title: A Family of Hope

description: Danny Nhat Van An grew up in North Vietnam and later moved to Saigon in the South where he started his family. Danny fought for the South Vietnamese during the Vietnam War as a colonel for the air force. Hannah An is one of Danny’s daughters who was born in Saigon. She experienced the war as a young child and was forced to pack up and move to the United States. Her and her father agreed to sit with us and talk about their family’s experience during the war. Lindsey Berg is a junior Public Relations major from Boston, Massachusetts.; Ben Irinaga is a junior Architecture major from San Francisco, California.; Roxy Striar is a sophomore Theatre major from Boston, Massachusetts.; Atticus Wong is a sophomore Business major from Phoenix, Arizona.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-750
title: David Gray
title: A witness to fear and protest at UC Berkeley

description: Architect and teacher David Gray served in the Marine Corps for eight years before receiving an honorable discharge in 1964. He was therefore able to avoid the draft, although his two roommates were drafted. He was also a teacher at UC Berkeley during the Vietnam War and was witness to numerous war protests as well as to the stress of failing felt by students in fear of getting drafted if they couldn't get by in school. Sinziana Velicescu is from Los Angeles and studying comparative literature and film at USC.; Michael Shamshoian studies Business at University of Southern California;. Mohammed Albesharah is from Kuwait and is getting his architecture degree at USC. He was also in Kuwait during the Gulf War.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-851
title: Edward Chism
title: Edward Chism: His Memory, His Story

description: Edward was born on September 24, 1940 to Edward Sr. and Ruth Chism in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At 18 years old, Edward left Philadelphia to join the Air Force in order to help his mother take care of his siblings. During his tour in the Air Force, Edward worked in communications as a teletype, switchboard and radio operator. He was assigned to Alaska for 2 years before being assigned to the Pentagon. Over the course of his career, he was stationed in Virginia, New York, twice in Hawaii, and Vietnam. Edward spent 26 years in the Air Force, receiving numerous medals and awards, including the Air Force Commendation Award. His most exciting memory was being the radio operator on President Ronald Reagan’s Air Force One, where he had the chance to sit in the President’s seat, while they used the aircraft to test the Air Force’s communications. Edward’s last assignment was in Nebraska. After retiring from the Air Force, Edward worked for the U.S. Post Office. Edward lives with Ida, his wife of 54 years. They have three children, eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Three years ago, Edward was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, 40 years after his exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam. Since his diagnosis, Edward has undergone chemotherapy and is being taken care of by his family. His goal now is to enjoy life and set a good Christian example for his family, friends, and anyone whose path he may cross. Wessly Hernandez is a sophomore from Hollywood, CA, majoring in Civil Engineering.; Rebecca Bobrosky is a senior from West Hills, CA, majoring in Sociology.
DOI: 10.25549/prim-c46-5972
title: Negotiating with Japanese : lecture by Aki Omori, 1989

description: AASCU's Japan Studies Institute in 1989 was held in San Diego from June 21 to July 14, under the direction of Alvin P. Coox and featuring lectures by specialists in a range of subjects within Japanese studies.
DOI: 10.25549/prim-c46-6013
title: Japan and the four dragons : lecture by Lawrence B. Krause, 1987
DOI: 10.25549/prim-c46-6034
title: Japan: what next? : lecture by Ezra Vogel, 1987
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-102715
title: Perceptions of Conciliation Court Services
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-121969
title: Use of a film modality to communicate information about welfare rights and services to Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) applicants at a Department of Public Social Services
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-331984
title: Spectral domain optical coherence microscopy for label-free biological imaging

description: Various tools have been developed to image the structure and dynamics in living tissues. Among them, fluorescence microscopy has dominated the biological research in the past two decades.  However, it is constrained by its reliance on exogenous fluorescent labels and short imaging depth, making it challenging for label-free and deep imaging of biological samples. ❧ To establish a new approach for high-resolution, label-free and deep imaging in biological studies, two spectral-domain optical coherence microscopes (SD-OCM) have been developed: 1) a fiber-based system with standard Gaussian beams; and 2) a free-space system with quasi-Bessel beams to extend the focus. These two SD-OCM systems have balanced lateral and axial resolutions and imaging depth, using intrinsic scattering contrast of the tissue to create three-dimensional images. They were able to identify the structure and microvasculature in detail deep in animal samples, by fully utilizing the intensity and phase information of OCM signals. To improve the image quality for more accurate analysis of samples, a novel multi-shaping technique and a deconvolution technique was developed and implemented to reduce artifacts in SD-OCM images. ❧ Animal imaging experiments with these developed tools will provide the foundational data for later translational work in human skin, retinal, tumor and brain imaging. The capability of high-resolution, label-free and deep imaging of SD-OCM systems will make them potentially useful in a wide range of clinical settings.
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-369559
title: Beauty and brains on the big screen: the impact of gender stereotypes on film publicity and reception

description: In the following case studies, the author examined five pairs of female-centered and male-centered films with similar plots and determined what role gender stereotypes play in how a woman in film is perceived. The author found that, very often, films with a woman or group of women who do not embody the common characteristics of women in film and/or the defined gender stereotypical personality traits for women were perceived as less important than movies about men with similar physical appearances and behavior.