cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-770
title: Mary Le
title: A Boat Mother

description: Mary (changed for privacy) was born in 1954 in North Vietnam, but was quickly swept up in the movement of people relocating due to the rising political energy associated with the Socialist Viet Minh and liberation of the North. The family went to South Vietnam when she was just a baby, the same year that Vietnam was divided at the 17th parallel. Her family had been Catholic for some generations and she was brought up with this spiritual background. She grew up to become a teacher of elementary school children. She did not follow the politics of the war closely, but had a brother in the Navy of South Vietnam. Following the year 1975, knowing the victory of the war was in the hands of Communist power, Mary and her family attempted to escape Vietnam on multiple occasions, some of which resulted in prison sentences. With only a son of four years old, and her brother's immediate family, she managed to finally leave Vietnam with 148 others on a small boat meant to hold half as many. Thus, her and a few close relatives became part of the Boat People, or the largest exodus of Vietnamese refugees in Vietnam's history. In transition, the family was educated in the Philippines on what was to be expected in America, where Mary also had another son. They arrived in California in 1985. The experience, as outlined in her testimony, was one that lives strongly in her memory and will always be remembered as a blessing to survive. Although many boat people arrived in America unwillingly, Mary expresses a deep gratitude for the life she has developed here, for the quality of education for her two sons, and the ways that people are able to live freely and speak up about inequalities. She admits that there is good and bad to every situation, and holds traditions that feel right to her, stemming from a life of two worlds and the experience of the journey between them. Raelynn Gardner was born in Southern California, but grew up in Florida. She moved back to California in 2004 and went to Riverside Community College for a few years, renting in various Riverside locations, one of which was a house that belonged to the interviewee. She transfered into USC in 2010 as a biomedical engineer major and lives near campus.; Jason was born in Upland, California, and is currently a film and production major at USC. Prior to being a student here, he served as a tank crewman in the United States Marine Corps.; Corey was born in Paterson, New Jersey and moved to Southern California 8 years ago. He went to Rutgers University in New Jersey for 2 years before transferring to USC. He is double majoring in Psychology and Economics at USC.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-778
title: Edward Elowitz
title: The Air Force after the War

description: Edward Elowitz grew up in New York in the 1940’s. During the Korean War, at the age of seventeen and a half, he chose to enlist in the Air Force to avoid getting drafted into the army a few years later. After boot camp, he chose to receive electrical engineering training and learn all about the military radios. Immediately after his first marriage to Joan Cooper, he was deployed to Korea and eventually Japan. Ed finally moved to Los Angeles, California and discharged from the Air Force just in time for the birth of his and Joan’s second child. He stayed in Los Angeles and had a third child four years later. He took over his father’s toy store and then retired in his fifties. Edward now lives in Thousand Oaks, California with his wife Rochelle. He has not been greatly affected by his stint in the military but he is grateful for the discipline it instilled in him. However, he would not encourage anyone to join the military. Jenny Tannenbaum, Majoring in Psychology at University of Southern California, Edward Elowitz's grandaughter.; Chuayrach Wongrattananon, Majoring in Chemical Engineering, University of Souther California.; Melissa Purner, Majoring in Cinema at USC.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-792
title: Conrad T. Gomez
title: It Was the Entire 364 Days

description: Conrad enlisted in the Air Force security police and served in Vietnam from 1967-1968. He served in the towns of Cam Ranh Bay and Dong Ha. He is very proud of his service and dedication to our country, but admits to the long-term effects his time in the military has had on his life. He is an avid reader and has read extensively about the war and understands many of the complexities of the struggle and the geopolitical context in which it took place. He speaks with us openly and at length, with straight language and honest insights. Meg Brown is a senior majoring in Neuroscience.; Hannah Woo is a junior majoring in Architecture.; Xander Herman is a sophomore.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-798
title: David Holmes
title: View From the Driver's Seat

description: Dave Holmes is a veteran of the Vietnam War. He served in the US Army from 1964-1966. Dave was drafted during his first few years in college and joined the army without regret; he was happy and eager to serve his country. In Vietnam, Dave drove a truck that carried military supplies and food from the coast to the Cambodian border. During the war, Dave and his fellow soldiers knew about the (secret) bombing of Cambodia, unlike most of the American public, which was misinformed and unaware of these attacks. When asked if anyone told him that these attacks remained secretive, he claimed that they were not. These bombing strikes were simply thought to be attempts of self-defence; their goal was to keep the enemy away. Dave fondly remembers the peddlers in Vietnam selling knickknacks, cigarettes, and other items for the soldiers. Luckily for Dave, he did not suffer from any post-traumatic stress or nightmares after the war. He easily adjusted back to life in the States. Soon after the war, Dave met and married his wife Michele - they have one son. Dave is now a retired machinist and resides in Ventura County, CA. Richelle Gribble is a sophomore from Idyllwild, CA pursuing a degree in Fine Arts with minors in Entrepreneurship and Marketing.; Angela Gutierrez will be graduating from USC with a degree in Political Science and Philosophy this December.; Ryan Sanchez is a 3rd year music industry major who is pursuing a career in audio engineering and producing.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-859
title: Robert B. Elliott
title: Looking for a change of scenery

description: Robert B. Elliott was born in 1949 in Denver, Colorado. Not knowing what he wanted to do with the rest of his life, he went to Vietnam in November, 1968, looking for a complete change of scenery. As a volunteer in the US Army, he served his country in many different capacities. Having completed two full tours of duty, between November 1968 and November 1970, Robert returned home to go to college, studying Psychology and Sociology at Metropolitan State College in Denver. After graduating, Robert became very active in the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, becoming a representative and organizer for that organization. He is now retired in Grand Junction, Colorada with his wife Beverly. Brian Casebolt is a Senior Chemical Engineering student at USC. He knew nothing of his cousin Rob's service in Vietnam prior to this interview.; Hung Lac is a Senior Biochemistry student at USC. A Chinese-ethnic Vietnamese, he immigrated to the U.S. from Vietnam with family by the sponsorship of his uncle in the year 2002, at the age of 14. Growing up, he only knew about the Vietnam War from the Vietnamese history classes taught in schools and from very brief stories his mother related.
DOI: 10.25549/prim-c46-5881
title: American businessman's views on Japan : lecture by Richard Davis, 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-c46-5884
title: Japanese Consul-General Hiromoto Seki : lecture, 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. At the time, Hiromoto Seki was the Japanese Consul-General in Los Angeles.
DOI: 10.25549/prim-c46-5887
title: Doing business in Japan : lecture by Masatoshi Hayase, 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-c46-5912
title: Nature and the Japanese garden : lecture by Koichi Kawana, 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-c46-5921
title: Haiku : lecture by Eri Yasuhara, 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-c46-6000
title: Oral history in Japanese studies : 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/usctheses-c40-350985
title: A quantitative study of the test of English as a foreign language (TOEFL) exam and its effects on international student academic achievement

description: The focus of the study examined the relationship between TOEFL (iBT) scores and international student academic achievement in post-secondary education, measured by grade point average (GPA). The academic records and admissions data were collected for 389 students from China, Japan, and South Korea. The international students were all students attending the largest four-year public institution in Hawaii, and included undergraduate and graduate students, along with students in certificate programs where a TOEFL score was included with the admission package, and a GPA was recorded. A multiple linear regression analysis was calculated for three groups determined by student classification status, with three levels, determined by nationality, and two subgroups determined by gender, along with age and TOEFL score. The results of the linear regression indicated the independent variables for student status, and TOEFL (iBT) score showed statistical significance. An ANOVA was run across and between the three levels of student status, and demonstrated significance. TOEFL (iBT) score indicated a high level of significance. A Pearson correlation coefficient was calculated between TOEFL (iBT) score and the dependent variable of GPA, and indicated statistical significance. In this study, TOEFL (iBT) score explained 9.4% of variance in GPA, and demonstrated low predictive validity on GPA for each student status. Observations concentrated upon the weak predictive ability of TOEFL scores relative to GPA, and expressed the need for a shift in how TOEFL scores are used. Limitations, implications, and recommendations for future studies were discussed.
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-360225
title: Estimation and prediction on air flight delay status in the U.S and data visualization

description: In this thesis, the exploratory descriptive analysis was applied to identify the major features of the dataset. A logistics regression model was used to estimate and predict the association between flight delay status and several potential risk factors. In the meanwhile, data visualization was applied to improve the sense of understanding a big dataset.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-124
title: Richard Dixon
title: Distinguished Flying Cross Awardee Captain Richard Dixon

description: Captain Richard Dixon was a combat crew member during the Cold War and the Vietnam War. He flew 50 combat missions and was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross. After he left the Air Force he flew for Delta and Western Airlines. He is now retired and lives in southern California with his wife. Erika Baral, Ryan Trerise, Daniel Eckstrom
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-268
title: Thomas Gustafson
title: Thomas Gustafson: Growing Up in America During the Vietnam War

description: Our group had the pleasure and honor of interviewing USC Associate Professor of English, American Studies, and Ethnicity Thomas Gustafson. Gustafson was approximately 13 years old and coming of age during the height of the American War in Vietnam. He grew up in a conservative, mostly White suburbia in New Jersey, but attended a much more liberal high school during the years he began to form his own opinions about the war. He went on to attend Yale University to pursue a B.A. in English and history, and pursued a PH.D. in English at Stanford University. Today he focuses on political discourse in language, politics of language, and literature of the American West. Gustafson attributes his choice to pursue politics and history to his upbringing in the highly politically active years of the Vietnam War. The profilers for this project are Kathleen Moore, Natalia Saucedo, and TJ Darcy. Kathleen grew up in Sacramento, California and attended USC to pursue a degree in business to be completed in 2018.; Natalia Saucedo is a political science major originating from Culver City, CA and will be graduating in 2019.; TJ Darcy grew up in Valley Stream, New York and attended USC to pursue a degree in computer science major with an emphasis in games. He will be graduating in spring 2016.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-388
title: Charles Canfield
title: US Navy in the Pacific Rim

description: Charles Canfield was born in Sacramento, California in 1938. He grew up the youngest of four siblings and attended Sacramento State for a little while until he dropped out and joined the US Navy with some friends from high school. He served for more than 20 years as a part of the electronic surveillance team in the Pacific Rim. He met his wife during bootcamp and had two children with her. After retiring, he now lives happily with his family back in Sacramento. Jane Li is a sophomore from San Jose, California majoring in Arts, Technology, and the Business of Innovation.; Josh Lion is a junior from Fresno, California majoring in Business Administration.; Riley Scott is a freshman from Petaluma, California majoring in International Relations.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-481
title: Mattew Dinh
title: Second Generation, Born in the USA

description: Matthew Dinh is an Electrical Engineering student at the University of Southern California. Matthew was born in Philadelphia to refugee parents from Vietnam. His mother, an Amerasian woman, was born to an American serviceman and a Vietnamese woman near Da Nang. His father was born in Hanoi and was the son of a North Vietnamese soldier who died during the war. Matthew’s parents met in Vietnam before fleeing in the early 1990s under the Amerasian Homecoming Act, a law that granted refuge to Amerasians and their families. Before coming the U.S., Matthew’s family resided in a refugee camp in the Philippines where they experienced severe economic hardship. Upon arriving in the U.S., Matthew’s family moved regularly looking for work before finally settling in Philadelphia. Lindsay Ladd is a sophomore studying astronautical engineering.; James Blakely is a sophomore studying mechanical engineering.; Lily Turner is a freshman studying health and human sciences.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-511
title: Sayon Syprasoeuth
title: A Long Time Coming

description: Born in 1967, Sayon Syprasoeuth is of Laotian descent and lived in Cambodia until he was six years old. At this age, he escaped Cambodia with his family and entire village into Thailand. In 1979, after living in a refugee camp for a couple of years, his family and village were sponsored by a Lutheran church in Iowa to come to America. Sayon describes his experience of being a minority (Laotian) within Cambodia and the subsequent misinformation he was exposed to - that the Cambodians were responsible for the bombing and killing of his people. After coming to America he researched and learned about the Khmer Rouge and the real perpetrators behind the violence toward the innocent people in Cambodia, who were both Cambodian and Laotian alike. Sayon is an artist and has composed artwork reflective of the complicated emotions and experiences he and fellow victims of the Vietnam War have undergone. Austin Cooper was born and raised in Southern California. He transferred to USC in the fall of 2013 and is majoring in Policy, Planning, and Development with an emphasis in Nonprofits & Social Innovations. Patrick Lee is a sophomore majoring in Architecture at the University of Southern California. He was born in Texas and comes from a Taiwanese background. He is set to graduate in 2017 and hopes to also complete a minor in Urban Planning and Development. Ioan Trayanov is a sophomore majoring in Neuroscience. He was born in Bulgaria and attended school in the US. He plans to attend medical school after his graduation in 2016
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-766
title: Don Lehman
title: The Relatively Peaceful Role of a Radio Operator

description: Don Lehman served in the Vietnam War from May 1968 until June of 1970. Although he joined the Navy Reserves, he was drafted into the military. Don served in the First Infantry Division as a radio relay and carrier operator, a position he chose which prevented him from serving in the general infantry but guaranteed his service in Vietnam. He served with both A Company and C Company, which were stationed just north of Saigon. Don considers his time in the war as a learning experience and is grateful that his position only exposed him to one firefight. Upon returning Don attended college and graduated in 1976. He then worked in the motion picture industry as a gaffer. He is now retired and is a member of the Anacapa Yacht Club. He lives in Oxnard, California and enjoys sailing on most of his free time. Henry Chang is a senior from Taipei, Taiwan, and is graduating with a bachelor's degree in architecture.; Angelica Harris, a native of California, is graduating next fall with a bachelor's degree in fine arts.; Zak Harris is a senior from Lubbock, Texas. He is graduating with a bachelor's degree in Biological Science and a minor in Occupational Science.; Henry, Angelca, and Zak all attend the University of Southern California.
DOI: 10.25549/gar-c81-12697
title: William C. Glass, letter, 1914-04-20, to Hamlin Garland

description: William C. Glass (J.B. Pond Lyceum Bureau), Metropolitan Life Building, 23rd Street and 4th Avenue [1 Madison Avenue], New York, New York, USA, letter, 1914 April 20, to Hamlin Garland, 220 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA. "It is our intention to get out something special in the way of an announcement for next season so as to give the advertisers a whole page and also reproduce a picture of each one." -- first line
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-336222
title: Orbital angular momentum-based space division multiplexing for high-capacity optical and millimeter-wave communications

description: Communication systems and networks that use either laser beams or radio-frequency (RF) waves are a fundamental infrastructure in global interconnection. To support a continuing growth in the demand for data bandwidth, researchers have explored and attempted to optimize multiplexing by using the various properties of an electromagnetic (EM) wave, including time, wavelength, and polarization, such that multiple data streams can be simultaneously multiplexed and transmitted. However, driven by the continual and successive development of largely unanticipated emerging applications and technologies, network traffic has grown exponentially in recent years, far beyond predictions. Meeting bandwidth demands and increasing network capacity will require new forms of data channels multiplexing. ❧ One approach that has recently attracted wide interest is to use the spatial property of an EM wave, such that different spatial waves each carrying an independent data stream can be multiplexed, i.e, space division multiplexing (SDM). A subset of SDM is mode division multiplexing (MDM), in which multiple orthogonal beams each on a different mode can be multiplexed. A potential modal basis set to achieve MDM is to use orbital angular momentum (OAM) of EM waves. In such a system, multiple OAM beams each carrying an independent data stream are multiplexed at the transmitter, propagate through a common medium, and are demultiplexed at the receiver. As a result, the total capacity and spectral efficiency of the communication system can be multiplied by a factor equal to the number of transmitted OAM modes. ❧ Over the past few years, progress has been made in understanding the advantages and limitations of using multiplexed OAM beams for both optical and RF communication systems. My Ph.D. research work mainly focuses on the technical challenges and mitigation approaches for high-capacity OAM multiplexed optical and RF systems. My dissertation includes analysis and experimental demonstration of (a) high-speed OAM multiplexed free-space optical links over 120-meters, (b) atmospheric turbulence effects on OAM multiplexed systems as well as atmospheric turbulence compensation based on adaptive optics subsystems and digital signal processing, (c) high capacity underwater optical links using OAM beams, (d) OAM-based data transmission over a specialty fiber with soft-decision low-density parity check (LDPC) codes, and (e) line-of-sight (LOS) millimeter-wave (mm-wave) link using OAM multiplexing combined with conventional spatial multiplexing.
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-410733
title: For your glory: Book of Renée

description: In the Book of Renée, the story of Renée Elise Goldsberry delivers good news according to this character's personal choice to walk by faith. Goldsberry’s faith adds her to an exceptional list into the Hall of Faith with other Heroines of faith like Queen Esther of Persia and Ruth, a young widower and foremother of Jesus. The Book of Renée affirms this journalist’s position for such a time as this to write and tell the truth about a real artist whose faith's works of Art brings light and joy in the world. The Book of Renée goes beyond an aim of telling a true story about deep faith. It unfolds real news that serves as divine inspiration to address defined issues of life. Goldsberry’s faith lives in her Art, because faith without works is dead. Her walk by faith keeps her traveling forward even on unforeseen roads. She steps up abstract stairs even without seeing the entire staircase. When it comes to her faith, she talks the talk steadfastly and walks the walk humbly. Unwaveringly, she serves something greater than for her own glory. While the world watches some artists and entertainers as wayward wanderers in the wilderness, Goldsberry’s greatness is her ability to imagine walking on water, to familiarize her faith and mystify her fame, is the test of her true power.
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-m2404
title: Are you there, God? It's me, TV: religion in American TV drama, 2000-2009

description: unrestricted The first decade of the twenty-first century produced a new type of religious drama on secular television that put religious themes and characters at the center of conflict. This set of programs mirrors a shift in American religious practice from "dwelling" in a single faith one’s entire life, toward an open marketplace of religious ideas filled with religious "seekers" who might change faiths over their lifetimes, or pick and choose the elements of various religions that appeal to them. This dissertation explores the representations of religion in this subset of shows as well as how their religious themes and characters interact with aspects of television such as genre, celebrity satire, race representations, gender and cable.