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DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-23
title: An Lam
title: Difficulties of Talking about the War

description: An Lam was born on February 12th, 1985, and grew up in Da Nang City, in central Viet Nam, where a lot of war activity took place during the American War in Vietnam. Since he was born ten years after the end of the war, he does not have direct experiences from the War; however, having lived in Viet Nam for 20 years, he exhibits the unique perspective of how the war has been remembered by the Vietnamese, in the years afterward. He accredits everything he knows about the war to be from his schooling and his family’s memories. During the war, most of his family fought on the American side, creating a conflict for An Lam in school, where the Northern Vietnamese soldiers were portrayed as heroes. Shortly after the war, his aunt fled to the US, and sponsored An's family for immigration to the United States. In 2004, at age 19, An and his parents arrived first in Dallas, Texas to live with his aunt. Two months later, his father decided to move the family to Orange County, California, where they still reside today. An now works as a machinist at Robinson Pharma. His hobbies include swimming, Tai Chi and Aikido. David Lowenstein is a senior majoring in International Relations and Global Business, and is originally from Andover, Massachusetts.; Marty Juco is a senior majoring in Business with a concentration in management operations. He is from Antioch, California and entered USC as a transfer from Diablo Valley Community College.; Jennifer Stiefel is currently a senior majoring in Psychology. She is originally from Esslingen, Germany, but has lived in Orange County, California for ten years.; Tsz Chan is a senior from Temple City, California, majoring in Economics.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-288
title: Prumsodun Ok
title: Resilience: Fuel to Push Us Further In Our Lives

description: Prumsodun Ok was born and raised in Long Beach, California, the heart of the Cambodian community in Los Angeles and adjacent areas. Prumsodun dedicated his time and effort to transform the world with his interdisciplinary performances and his practices as an artist, writer and experimental filmmaker. He is currently the Associate Artistic Director of Khmer Arts, a transnational organization at the forefront of Khmer dance practice and serves as on the Board of Directors for the Alliance for California Traditional Arts, showing his extensive involvement in the art. Prumsodun’s parents wanted him to pursue a stable career. However, guided by his passion for performing arts and Cambodia's rich art culture, Prumsodun decided to pursue Khmer classical dance under the instruction of award-winning choreographer Sophiline Cheam Shapio. He later studied experimental filmmaking at the San Francisco Art Institute. He also trained in Takhmao, Cambodia, where he spent a couple of years with master artist Penh Yom of the Khmer Arts Ensemble, Cambodia’s leading ensemble of classical dance and music to master his skills. In Cambodia, Prumsodun confronted his memories of Cambodia learnt from his parents with the reality presented in the country. Students at USC in The American War in Vietnam course who researched and interviewed to result in this project. Alexa Smith is a junior majoring in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention from Moraga, CA. Anh Tran is a senior majoring in Business Administration from Vietnam. Luis Vega is a sophomore majoring in Applied Maths from Los Angeles, CA.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-453
title: Randy Benson
title: From Texas to California to Da Nang

description: Randy Benson was born February 16, 1945 in Dallas, Texas. Growing up in 1950s Texas, he was a cowboys and Indians playing, cartoon loving, adored big brother to his little sister Ann. Randy made a few attempts at college in the 60s, but he “kept getting kicked out!” In 1966, when things didn’t work out at Rice University, he was drafted into the military to go to Vietnam. He decided at that point to join the Naval Reserve. A six year commitment. He was hired as part of the Aggressor Army for military training in Port Hueneme, California. Starting out as an Engineman 3 (E 3), Randy was quickly promoted to an E 5. He was then offered a position in the Mobile Construction Battalion 5, or MCB5, or more commonly the Seabees. The Seabees are part of the U.S. Navy who provide various construction services for the war effort. For Randy, it meant a longer commitment, but more importantly, a non-combative one. December 1968, Randy and the Seabees flew into Da Nang, Vietnam. The majority of his time served in country was as part of a Security Squad Paving Crew maintaining Route 1, which connected Da Nang and Hue. Benett Rogers, Jacqueline Truong, and Minghao Zhang
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-71
title: Martha Surwillo
title: You Don't Just Come Home Once

description: Martha Surwillo was born and raised in the state of Illinois with her two sisters by her mother and father. Her father was a banker and businessman. During the war, she was a little girl, but then she moved out to California to attend Whittier College where she received a degree in childhood development. While she was there she met James Surwillo, a helicopter machine gunner from the Vietnam War. They would marry in 1986 and be married for 23 years. Together they raised two kids, Hannah and Grace. She currently teaches preschool and runs a small business. Martha continues to live in Whittier with her youngest daughter and new husband. She is thoroughly involved in her community through organizations such as her church and the National Charity League Bruce Bearer Briana Chue Adrian Navarro Brooke Turpin
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-839
title: Michael Davis
title: The Extraordinary Life of Professor Blue

description: Boatswain’s Mate Third Class Michael H. Davis is a retired veteran who currently resides in the West Los Angeles Veterans Home of California. As the seventh of seven children, Mr. Davis, or “Blue” as known affectionately by his friends, volunteered for military service in the years of 1966 to 1970 in which he served three full tours of combat duty in Vietnam. Enlisting in the United States Navy, he rode aboard the USS Lynde Mc Cormick, a ship involved in numerous combat assignments as well as rescue missions while deployed to Vietnam. During his service he was at sea for three and a half years out of his four year military commitment. In the course of his military career, Mr. Davis was awarded the Navy Combat Service Ribbon three times, the Vietnam Service Ribbon three times, and the Unit Citation Ribbon once. Unfortunately, in his case, these awards came hand in hand with some emotional scars. “Blue” has been diagnosed with severe Post –traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Bi-polar Disorder, and Season Affective Disorder (SAD). However, maintaining a close support group within the Los Angeles Veterans Home, “Blue” has focused on helping others as well as being helped his self in terms of moral support. Following his honorable discharge from the Navy, “Blue” worked as a Commercial Building Manager for Proctor and Gamble, as well as a Retail Assistant Manager for Wal-Mart. Currently retired, Mr. Davis now focuses his energy and time into volunteering, writing short stories, poems, speeches, and biographies of other people’s lives. For now, Blue is concentrating on publishing a book composed of either an assortment of poems or short stories as well as, “making the rest of his life the best of his life.” Omar Toubat is a sophomore studying Biological Sciences as a member of the Baccalaureate/MD program at the University of Southern California.; Richard Leu is currently a junior at the University of Southern California with aspirations to attend Law School upon graduation.; Adrian Rafiee is a sophomore studying Business at the University of Southern California with aspirations to go to graduate school and get his MBA.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-847
title: Scott Roberts
title: The Pilot: Scott Roberts

description: Howard Stowe Roberts, Jr. was born on March 31, 1939 in Pensacola, Florida. He enlisted at seventeen years-old in the United States Marine Corps in 1957 prior to graduation from high school. He completed recruit training at MCB Parris Island, South Carolina. Following six months of training, including infantry training at MCB Camp Jejune, North Carolina, he was released into the Marine Corps Reserves and accompanied his parents to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Scott completed high school in Honolulu and later graduated from college in 1963 as a Commissioned second lieutenant in the Marines. After completion of basic infantry officer training at Quantico, Virginia, he transferred to NAS Pensacola to train as a pilot. Mr. Roberts reported to his first helicopter squadron at New River, North Carolina; part of Camp Jejune. Soon thereafter, he embarked aboard an aircraft carrier to assist in putting down a rebellion in the Dominican Republic. During the latter part of 1965, his squadron deployed to Futima Airbase, Okinawa prior to insertion into Vietnam. He arrived in DaNang during the huge buildup there. He later went to Quinoun where he supported the Republic of Korea, Tiger Division and elements of the hundred and first airborne division. Following his tour of fourteen months, he was transferred back to the Training Command in Pensacola as a flight instructor where he completed a three year tour before resigning his commission to go with the airlines as a pilot. Today Scott says he will never forget his service. Semper Fidelis means "Always Faithful." “That's what it means and that's what we are!” –Scott Roberts Jake Rogers is from Laguna Beach, CA and currently a senior. He is studying finance at the Marshall School of Business here at USC. Pansy Tran is from Torrance, California and is currently a sophomore at USC Marshall School of Business studying finance. Alex Man is from Palo Alto, California and is currently studying computer science at USC Viterbi. David Schall is from Pasadena, California and currently studying communications at USC Annenberg.
DOI: 10.25549/prim-c46-5867
title: Abortion with apologies : lecture by William R. LaFleur, 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-c46-5870
title: Japanese art : lecture by Bruce A. Coats, 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-c46-5897
title: The emperor and the army in prewar Japan : lecture by Alvin Coox, 1989
DOI: 10.25549/prim-c46-5900
title: Fisheries in Japan : lecture by Shuichiro Kawaguchi, 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-c46-5960
title: Japan's literary underside : lecture by Van C. Gessel, 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-c46-5969
title: Modern Japanese literature : lecture by William Rogers, 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-c46-5994
title: Bibliographic sources on 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.
DOI: 10.25549/prim-c46-6001
title: AASCU Japan Studies Institute party, 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/usctheses-c40-337346
title: The influence of globalization and educational policy on development of 21st-century skills and education in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and the science and technology fairs in schools such as Lucan School in Ireland

description: Revisions to the education system in Ireland have become essential due to the impact of globalization and the increasing presence of multinational corporations (MNCs) who are requesting a knowledge-based, prepared workforce. An educational transformation would require Irish students to develop 21st-century skills and experience additional science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses through project-based learning (PBL) strategies, such as science and technology fairs. However, not all Irish students are receiving these skills due to a current national curriculum that is based on preparing students for a Leaving Certificate that serves as the summative assessment by which students are placed in universities and colleges. ❧ This study examined the influence of globalization and MNCs on education policy in Ireland. In addition, science and technology fairs, such as SciFest, and their influence on the development of 21st-century skills and STEM education were examined, along with the impact of these educational experiences on students’ selection of STEM-related courses and their pursuit of college- and/or career-related STEM fields. ❧ The principal findings of this predominantly qualitative study indicated that globalization and MNCs have begun to influence Irish educational policy and the need for 21st-century skills and STEM. Furthermore, study participants noted value in increasing MNCs’ involvement, with restrictions, and stated that participation in inquiry-based instructional experiences are influencing students’ choices in their selection of Senior Cycle courses and their future interests.
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-362308
title: Redefining climate skepticism

description: When communicating about climate change, people get frustrated that they can’t easily change others’ minds. Part of the problem is that they put people in boxes—assuming their beliefs are largely the same, and informed by similar experiences. Actually, those who are skeptical about climate change come from diverse backgrounds and often have vastly different points of view. In order to make a difference, it’s essential to hear their stories.
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-417228
title: A computational and behavioral analysis of reaching movement kinematics of non-disabled and post-stroke individuals

description: Human upper extremity movement is an essential component that is necessary for everyday life. As a major subset of upper extremity movement, the study of reaching movement is approached via many techniques including kinematics analysis, optimal control, synergy analysis, and uncontrolled manifold. The study of rehabilitation and recovery of reaching movement of post-stroke individuals, in parallel with studies of healthy subjects, also provides valuable insights about the cause of pathological movement and recovery mechanisms, and can help understand the pattern and structure of recovery hence facilitate it. ❧ This thesis proposes an alternative mechanism of decision making of movement duration by looking at endpoint variance induced by two kinds of motor noise: constant noise (CN) and signal dependent noise (SDN). We show strong evidence that effort, together with CN and SDN, determine movement duration. This thesis also investigates the relationship between post-stroke recovery and the joint coordination during reaching movement, and the duration and scheduling of therapy training.
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-418993
title: Structural bioinformatics methods for studying high-order spatial organization of cellular compartments

description: It has been a long term interest for the structural bioinformatics community to study the components of cellular environments in their natural context. With recent advances in biotechnology and the large volume of available biological data, we are aiming to develop methods for deciphering the structural components of cellular compartments. Specifically, through computational modeling and statistical analysis, my research focuses on two different cellular compartments, namely the organization of the cell cytoplasm and the structural organization of the genome in its nuclear environment. During my research, I focused on using structural bioinformatics methods to study the spatial organization of two cellular compartments: 1) Structural pattern detection in simulated Cryo-Electron Tomographic data. We provide a framework for realistically simulating crowded cellular environments containing a crowded mixture of different types of protein complexes and utilize the simulated tomograms to make assessments of template-free particle picking methods. 2) Learning the source of genome structural heterogeneity in a population of 3D genome structures calculated from genome-wide chromosome conformation capture (Hi-C/TCC) data. We provide an analysis pipeline with dimension reduction, unsupervised clustering and comparative analysis to extract the key structural features associated with the genome architecture and relate them to biological functions.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-392
title: Tien Dac Nguyen
title: We were Just Happy to Get Out

description: Tien Nguyen is an engineer for the United States Navy based in Port Hueneme in Oxnard, California. He was born in Vietnam and served in the South Vietnamese Navy alongside Americans in the Vietnam War. Mr. Nguyen was a college student when the war began and he was forced to leave school to join either the army or the navy, and he chose the latter. Tien served on a fiberglass patrol river boat with an American supervisor patrolling the Mekong River. The experience brought him many engagements with the Viet Cong and was deeply scarring for him. His service on the Mekong River caused him post-traumatic stress for around ten years after the war. After the war, Tien Nguyen spent over a year emigrating to the United States, with stops in Singapore, a refugee camp in the Philippines, Guam, and finally Camp Pendleton in San Diego, California. He then took several jobs earning almost no money while trying to learn English and finish college. Mr. Nguyen finished his college at Cal State Long Beach and took an engineering job with the United States Navy, a job that he still holds. Mr. Nguyen married in the United States and had a son who is a student at USC and a standout on the USC Tennis Team. Mr. Nguyen considers himself an embodiment of the American Dream. Billy Cavanaugh is a junior majoring in Business-Cinematic Arts from Dallas, Texas.; Peter Williams is a junior majoring in Communication with a minor in Business Law from La Canada, California.; Peter Lucassen is a junior international student from Amsterdam studying International Relations. Peter is a stand-out player on USC's back-to-back National Champion tennis team. Ery Pitojo is a senior studying Business Finance.; Ery is from Jakarta, Indonesia.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-461
title: Allan Hoffenblum
title: You Go to War When Politics Fails

description: Allan Hoffenblum is Publisher of the California Target Book and owner of Allan Hoffenblum & Associates, a non-partisan political consulting firm based in Los Angeles. His company tracks and analyzes all federal and state legislative races in California. Hoffenblum graduated from the University of Southern California with a bachelors degree in Telecommunications, also known as T.V. Broadcasting. After USC, he served four years in the United States Air Force as an Intelligence Officer Captain. During his second tour, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his exemplary service. In 1972, the California native served as the Los Angeles County Field Director for the California Committee to Re-elect President Richard Nixon. Six years later, he became the Political Coordinator of the California Republican Party. More recently, the war veteran has been a faculty instructor on political campaign management at both UC Davis and UCLA. Chase Cohen is a junior from Calabasas, CA majoring in Broadcast Journalism and minoring in Sports Media Studies.; Russell Van Ruitenbeek is a Sophomore from Colts Neck, NJ majoring in Economics and Environmental Studies.; Jamie Takayesu is a junior from Waipahu, HI majoring in Biological Sciences and minoring in French.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-77
title: Tri Tran
title: The Mayor of Saigon

description: Tri Tran attended military academy in South Vietnam at 19 years old, after graduating from high school in 1953. After one year, Tri graduated as a junior lieutenant for the South Vietnamese Army. On his first assignment he was sent to train the 76th Brigade for one year. In 1971 Tri was sent to fight in Laos during the “Hot Summer.” Tri was injured in Laos, and was sent back to Saigon for recovery. Upon his recovery, Tri served as a South Vietnamese Government official. In 1974, Tri became Mayor of Saigon. He and his family were on the last ship out during the evening of the fall of Saigon at 2:30am, April 30th, 1975. They spent three days at sea before reaching international waters. From there Tri and his family were sent to the Phillipines, then to Guam, and finally to San Diego in the United States of America. Tri and his family initially settled in Barstow, California where their sponsors lived. He eventually relocated his family to live in Los Angeles, California. There, he and his wife worked hard to send their children to college. Tri Tran currently resides in Orange County, California near his eldest son, Tuan Tran, and his four granddaughters. Amanda Flores is studying policy, planning and development with an emphasis in non-profits and social innovation. Dylan Garrett is a sophomore majoring in business administration. This project was a natural extension of his work with a documentary film crew in Cambodia during the summer of 2010. Sheenah Gill is a senior majoring in Psychology.