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DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-156
title: Thai Pham
title: From ARVN to Reeducation to America

description: Thai Pham was a high school student in Vietnam when he was drafted to the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. He served in the army for eight years, fighting with the American forces against those of Northern Vietnam, but when the war ended and the Americans left, Thai was captured by Communist forces and was a prisoner in a reeducation camp for seven years. In the duration of the war, Thai was shot severely and required a blood transfusion and surgery. After his release, Pham was sponsored and emigrated to America. He now resides in Orange County with his family, fighting and winning the battle against Hepatitis C. Bao Tran was a university student when he was drafted to the war. He is the brother-in-law of Thai Pham. Bao served in the war for five years, collaborating with America to combat the communist forces of North Vietnam. During the war, he lost many friends while his father passed away. After April 30, 1975, Bao was imprisoned in the reeducation camp along with Thai Pham. His release from the reeducation camp allowed Bao to emigrate over to America with his own wife and child where he resides with his family in Orange County. Rui Huang is a freshman at the University of Southern California studying Business. Steven Pham is a freshman at the University of Southern California studying Industrial and Systems Engineering. Owen Slyman is a freshman at the University of Southern California studying Public Policy and Sustainable Development.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-168
title: Stephanie Truong
title: What My Parents Saw

description: Stephanie Truong is a junior student currently attending the USC School of Architecture. She is an American-Vietnamese second-generation daughter of two Vietnamese war refugees who found their way out of Vietnam in the early 70’s when they were in their teens. Her mother was born in the city while her dad was from a village, both of them from South Vietnam. Stephanie explained how her parents escaped from Vietnam. Her mother boarded a ship to Thailand and was in a camp there while her dad escaped in a fish boat in the middle of the night. He spent 2 weeks in the boat and struggled for food and water and saw people died. He ended up his journey in a refugee camp in Thailand as well. Both of her parents were sponsored by families who helped them come to America. They settled their new life in the United States and years later Stephanie was born. Stephanie is a great example because as a second-generation child she recognizes the sacrifice that her parents did to escape the war that could have cost their lives if they stayed in Vietnam. She feels proud of them and as an American-Vietnamese she wants to share her parents' experiences with future generations as well as her personal perspective towards the war and how it was taught to her in American schools. Andrew Herrera was born in East Los Angeles, CA. He went to East Los Angeles Community College, and transfer to USC in 2012. He currently majors in Architecture. Difan Feng was born in Beijing, China, where he continued to live until 2008. He came to the US afterward for college. He was an economics major and changed to architecture after his first year. Iliana Michelle Lopez was born in Santa Ana, El Salvador. She moved to California in 2003. She studied architecture in East Los Angeles Community College and transferred to USC in 2012.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-226
title: Jerry Pierce
title: A U.S. Naval Intelligence Officer Shares His Experience in Vietnam

description: Jerry Pierce was born in Abilene, Texas in the early 1940s. He graduated from Abilene High School and attended McMurry University where he majored in business. While in college Mr. Pierce joined the Navy Reserve Officer Training Program, where he began his career in the U. S. Navy as an intelligence officer. He served for more than 34 years (6 ½ years active duty and 28 years in the reserves) and retired at the rank of Captain. While in the Navy he commanded four units and served as Chief of Staff of the Navy Reserve Intelligence Command. He is a graduate of the Naval War College, served in Vietnam aboard the aircraft carrier Enterprise and in the Mediterranean aboard the aircraft carrier Saratoga. After graduating in 1971 from Southern Methodist University with an M.B.A. in finance, Mr. Pierce began his career in investment banking that spanned more than 40 years, is currently serving on the board of directors of a local electric cooperative, and is active in civic affairs. Mr. Pierce and his wife Judy, a retired Navy Commander and intelligence officer, live on a ranch in Bandera County, Texas. They have three daughters and six grandchildren. Madelyn Suennen is a sophomore at USC majoring in Psychology. Colin McCarty is a sophomore at USC majoring in Mechanical Engineering. Anav Batra is a freshman at USC majoring in Mechanical Engineering.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-434
title: Long Pham
title: The Positive Side of the War

description: Long Pham lived in Saigon, Vietnam until he was 9 years old. On April 29, 1975, he and his family fled the country on a boat to a refugee camp in the Philippines. However, his dad didn't leave with Long's family because he had another family he had to take care of in Vietnam. Long enjoyed his time during the stay in the Philippines and he maintains a relatively happy mood throughout the trip. From there, he transferred to Wake Island for 2 weeks before a group brought them to Camp Pendleton near San Diego. Afterwards, he moved to Downey and started to assimilate into the American community. Since leaving Vietnam, Long went back twice, once in 1994, once in 2015. He seems to feel like a tourist back in his home country and he thinks the communist vibe is still very strong in the country. Today, Long is very thankful for the US because of all the help his family got when they left Vietnam. He is happily living in America and he has a very positive outlook in his past experiences. Kieran Reynolds, Jason Lui, and Beverly Pham are three students at the University of Southern California studying the American War in Vietnam. Kieran Reynolds is a senior from Shanghai, China majoring in Media Arts and Practice. Jason Lui is a sophomore from Hong Kong, China majoring in Business Administration. Beverly Pham is a sophomore from Westminster, CA majoring in Broadcast and Digital Journalism.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-465
title: Father Truc Nguyen
title: Memory, Revisitation & Healing

description: Truc Nguyen grew up in Vietnam, near Saigon, until 1975 just before the fall of Saigon when he and his family left Vietnam for California as refugees of the American war in Vietnam. He is currently a Catholic Priest in Los Angeles, CA. Monika is a graduating senior from USC majoring in Political Science and American Studies & Ethnicity. She is attending law school in the fall at UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall. Jiheun is a senior at USC from Korea. He will graduate this spring with a major in Business Administration. Alain was born in Mexico City and migrated to the United States in 2000. He currently studies architecture at USC, and is scheduled to graduate in 2012.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-473
title: Bernice Rattanasamay
title: If they told you to do something, you had to do it. You were given no choice

description: Bernice Rattanasamay was born on February 13, 1935 in the province of Khom Moung, Laos. She was married to a brigadier general in the Royal Lao Army and was a high school teacher prior to her flight to America. After her husband was killed while fighting in the Laotian countryside, Rattanasamay and her two sons moved to a military compound belonging to her father-in-law, who was the Inspector-General for the Royal Lao Army. When communists took over the country, she fled with her two children to a refugee camp in Nongkai, Thailand. After residing in Nongkai for about a year and a half, she finally arrived in the United States on April 13th, 1978. She was sponsored by a family member and moved to Orange Country, California where she still resides today. Kevin Doran is currently a senior majoring in Chemical Engineering. He is from outside of Chicago and will be attending Northwestern for graduate studies in the fall. John Tanaka is currently a sophomore from Mililani, Hawaii. He is double majoring in Environmental Sciences and Health and Biological Sciences. Alarick Rattanasamay is currently a junior from Lake Forest, California. He is majoring in Economics
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-477
title: Minha Tran
title: Minha Tran

description: In 1954, Minha Tran escaped from North Vietnam to Saigon in order to avoid the prosecution of the Communists. Twenty years later, in 1975, Tran and her family began another journey to avoid the brutalities of communism. Assisted by her employer from the First National City Bank (Citibank) in the United States, the family stayed through Guam and Camp Pendleton before settling and living in Los Angeles. In the video, Tran describes their immigration process and life in the United States; as well as her negative views for the Communists and support of South Vietnam and the Americans. She views the war as a choiceless choice for the South Vietnamese, who had to fight in order to protect their homeland from invasions of the North Communists. After continuing her banking career for 30 years with Citibank, Tran is now retired, with a grown-up daughter and a happy family. Diana Chavando is a freshman at USC studying Political Science and Neuroscience. Jackson Summers is also a freshman at USC studying international relations .Ya Xuan Sherry Wang is a sophomore at USC studying business administration.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-673
title: Susan H.
title: Orphan in Vietnam

description: Susan, who would like to remain anonymous, was born in the French Monte Carlo in the 50s. Her mother was half Chinese and half French, while her father was half Chinese and half Vietnamese. After the death of her mother and abandonment by her father, she moved to Vietnam with an uncle and lived with his family there. Shortly after, when her uncle’s wife became pregnant, she was put in an orphanage and was responsible for taking care of the younger children, running away many times during her time there. She was adopted by an American family and moved to the United States when she was a teenager right before the end of the war, and as the only Asian in her school who barely spoke English, she was often ostracized by her classmates. Her two children are now fully grown and on their own. Susan now resides in San Diego, California with her husband, and her dog Patricia Lee is majoring in Art at University of Southern California.; Nicholas Marano is majoring in Economy at University of Southern California
DOI: 10.25549/prim-c46-5993
title: Goals of the AASCU Japan Studies Institute : lecture and discussion by Ms Gregory, 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-c46-6017
title: Occupation of Japan : lecture by Roger Dingman, 1987
DOI: 10.25549/prim-c46-6020
title: FDR, Japan and the road to Pearl Harbor : lecture by Robert Butow, 1987
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-386966
title: Sampling and filtering of signals on graphs with applications to active learning and image processing

description: Graph signals provide a natural representation for data in many applications such as social networks, web information analysis, sensor networks and machine learning. Traditional data such as images and videos can also be represented as signals on graphs. A frequency domain representation for graph signals can be obtained using the eigenvectors and eigenvalues of operators that measure the variation in signals taking into account the underlying connectivity in the graph. Based on this, we develop a sampling theory for graph signals that answers the following questions: 1. When can we uniquely and stably reconstruct a bandlimited graph signal from its samples on a subset of the nodes? 2. What is the best subset of nodes for sampling a signal so that the resulting bandlimited reconstruction is most stable? 3. How to compute a bandlimited reconstruction efficiently from a subset of samples? The algorithms developed for sampling set selection and reconstruction do not require explicit eigenvalue decomposition of the variation operator and admit efficient, localized implementation. Using graph sampling theory, we propose effective graph based active semi-supervised learning techniques. We also give a probabilistic interpretation of graph sampling. Based on this interpretation, we generalize the framework of sampling on graphs using Bayesian methods to give an adaptive sampling method in which the future choice of nodes to be sampled depends on the samples observed in the past. ❧ Additionally, we study the problem of constructing a sparse graph efficiently from given data and a kernel function that measures pairwise similarity between data points. The proposed graph construction method leads to graph based learning and clustering algorithms that outperform the conventional k-nearest neighbor methods. We also use the proposed graph construction method to provide an efficient alternative to the well-known bilateral filter by representing an image as a sparse graph in which the nodes correspond to the pixels in the image.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-306
title: Michael Maloney
title: Experiences of a United States Naval Officer in Viet Nam

description: Michael Maloney was born in Long Island, New York in July 1948. After graduating from Colgate University, he enlisted and served as an officer in the United States Navy for three tours in Vietnam on multiple vessels. He specialized in deep sea diving which tasked him with recovering sunken ships and removing breach charges from the exterior of USN ships. Following his time of service in Viet Nam and in the reserves, he attended Pepperdine Law School and became a lawyer. He now has a wife and five daughters and practices law in Houston, Texas. Meagan Maloney is the daughter of interview subject Michael Maloney and is from Houston, Texas. She is currently a sophomore at USC with a double major in Human Biology and Cinematic Arts. Parker Ledoux is a junior at USC from the Bay Area, California. He is a double major in business and computer science. Kevin Liu is a USC senior from Shanghai, China studying chemical engineering. Jan Santiago is from Manila, Philippines. He is currently a sophomore at USC studying economics.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-396
title: Michael Sproul
title: An American Bystander

description: A resident of Santa Clarita, California, Dr. Michael Sproul is an Economics professor at the University of Southern California Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. Growing up in California, Sproul was eight years old when the United States began fighting the Vietnam War, and sixteen years old when the United States exited the war. Sproul’s brother, Jim, was eligible for the United States military draft during the war. His brother ultimately did not serve, however after contesting his eligibility with the help of a family-hired attorney. Carly Sproul, Will Cook and Grant Nussbaum are students at the University of Southern California in Viet Thanh Nguyen’s American Studies 150: The American War in Viet Nam class for the Spring 2016 semester. Sproul is a junior from Santa Clarita, California, majoring in Psycholinguistics with a minor in Economics. Cook is a junior from San Francisco, California, majoring in Business Administration. Nussbaum is a sophomore from Thousand Oaks, California, majoring in Public Relations with minors in Business and Marketing.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-416
title: William Ward
title: Overwhelmed with Knowledge

description: William A. Ward was born in 1942 in Denver Colorado, and served the United States Military for 2 years. As a competent typist, William first arrived in Saigon in 1963, and worked in an old French military compound where he participated in the efforts to advise the Southern Vietnamese government. Upon returning to the United States, he attended the University of Arizona and attained a degree in linguistics. He later moved to Long Beach, and has since been an active member in the VFA. Connor Ross is a Junior majoring in Environmental Studies, from Los Angeles, CA. Corrina Nedell is a Senior majoring in Animation and Digital Arts, from Boulder CO. Sam Butler is Junior majoring in Chemical Engineering, from Spokane WA. All three attend the University of Southern California.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-424
title: David Nguyen
title: The Escape From Saigon

description: David Nguyen is a native of Vietnam. At seventeen years old and in the 11th grade, he escaped with his family from the city of Saigon. They left on April 30, 1975 - the day that the city was captured by the North Vietnamese communist forces. Nguyen now resides in Simi Valley, California. He is an active contributor to archives of Southern Vietnamese experiences during and after the war in Viet Nam. He participated in an interview with PBS and also writes of his various experiences in his own personal blog. His escape story can be found here. In 2013, Nguyen visited the refugee camp in Pennsylvania that he references in this archive. He wrote a blog about this experience. The English version can be found here, and the Vietnamese version here. Anna Bachand, from Irving, TX, is a Junior at USC studying Biomedical Engineering Michael Villalobos is a first year transfer student at USC, and is majoring in Environmental Science and Health with a pre-dental emphasis. Luma Oliveira is a Senior at USC, from Brazil, and is majoring in Accounting. Zachary Emge is a senior at USC studying History with an emphasis in U.S. History.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-549
title: David Johnson
title: Experiences from Vietnam War by David Johnson

description: David Johnson hails from Fresno, CA, where he was born on May 16, 1950. Dave is one half Native American and one half German. Before enlisting in the war in 1968, Dave was a student. Once he enlisted, he entered Special Forces as a Private, and was stationed in many regions including Bong Son, Da Nang, and Dong Dat, among other areas in Viet Nam. He was deployed with Fifth Special Forces Group, 173rd Airborne Brigade, and the 23rd Infantry Division, or more commonly known as the 'American Division'. When Dave returned from the service on Dec. 3, 1971, he became a correctional officer. He now cares for an elderly man with special needs. Jordan Tolentino; Alayna Lewis; Bryce Herman; Sang Lee
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-585
title: Do Hoang Ke
title: The Good, The Bad, and The Betrayer

description: Do Hoang Ke was a soldier working for the U.S. force in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. He was born in Sadec, Dong Thap in 1941. He joined the Republic of Vietnam's Army when he was a teenager in 1968 and fought until April 30th, 1975. After the war, Ke came to the U.S. in 1992 after serving jail-time for more than five years. Since then, he never returns to Vietnam. As an Anti-Communist, Ke struggles to decide whether he should return to the country but one thing is certain: he misses it very much. He currently resides in Santa Ana, California with his wife and son. Since he does not speak English, he is unemployed in the U.S. and his wife supports the entire family by working as a manicurist. In addition, they are provided with living supplies from the U.S. government on a monthly basis. Their son is now studying Biological Technology at UC San Diego. Triet K. Nguyen is a Freshman studying Media Arts and Practice at USC School of Cinematic Arts.; Dillon Paulson is a Freshman at USC studying Business Administration.; Jun Han Park is a Senior at USC studying Business as well.; Ivy Lin is a Sophomore at USC studying Computer Science.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-808
title: Dough Dobransky
title: A Year that Changed a Lifetime

description: Born in Butler, Pennsylvania and raised in Youngstown, Ohio, Doug Dobransky was drafted out of high school and into the Army at the age of 19. An expert marksman, he placed at the top of his training class at Fort Polk, Louisiana before being deployed to Vietnam in January 1967. He served his year, partly as an infantryman in the 199th brigade and the remainder as a writer of casualty reports. He returned home in 1968 and moved to southern California, where he has lived since. Doug has been working as a Hollywood photographer for the last thirty years, and his impressive list of clients includes Marlon Brando, Muhammad Ali, Mickey Rourke, David Hasselhoff, Brad Pitt, Ted Danson, and countless other celebrities. He is also the author of Autumn Sister, a very personal, intimate, and touching journal of his experience with his sister's battle with cancer. Tony Hsieh, Eric Hsu, and Alvin Liu are all students at the University of Southern California.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-816
title: Walter Fristchner
title: Vietnam and Its Lasting Impression

description: Michael George Fritschner was born on July 14, 1990. He is from Sugarland, Texas and has one older sister. Mike is a sophomore at the University of Southern California where he is majoring in International Relations with a minor in business. He one day hopes to become President of the United States. He is the president of his fraternity, Phi Sigma Kappa. This interview is about Mike’s father, Walt Fritschner, who served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War. Walter Fritschner was born in Bigfork, Montana. He went to the United States Naval Academy when he turned 18 and he served two one-year tours in Vietnam. Walter Fritschner passed away last year in 2009. Kelly Boyles is a Junior studying History at the University of Southern California. She one day wants to be a high school history teacher.
DOI: 10.25549/prim-c46-5916
title: Japanese government and politics : lecture by Richard Gripp, 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-c46-5941
title: Japan Foundation : lectures by Masatoshi Hayase and Akira Matsushiro, 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-c46-5964
title: Secrets of Japanese management : lecture by Milton H. Chen, 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-c46-5977
title: U.S. Occupation of Japan : lecture by Gordon M. Berger, 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-c46-5992
title: Town and kimono : lecture by Steven Clemons, 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-c46-5997
title: Geography of Japan : 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.