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Oral History Interview with Ken Towery, March 19, 1995
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Interview with Ken Towery. Towery joined the Army in early 1941 and was sent to Corregidor to join a coast artillery unit. He recalls several details about life under siege at Corregidor before he was captured by the Japanese and taken to Cabanatuan. He left the Philippines later that year and was taken to China. Towery shares his opinions about being a POW as well as several anecdotes. He also comments on being liberated by Russians and how the Russians and Chinese communists cooperated right after the war. When he was liberated, Towery was put aboard a hospital ship at Port Arthur.
Date:
March 19, 1995
Creator:
Byrd, Richard W. & Towery, R. Ken
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Al Stevens, March 27, 2006
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al Stevens. He graduated from Michigan State University in 1943 as a metallurgical engineer. He enlisted in the Navy in 1944 in Detroit, Michigan. He attended the Navy Electronics School at Harvard University as well as a specialized radar training program organized by MIT at the Harbor Building in Boston, Massachusetts. He received further training in radar countermeasures at Ocracoke Island, North Carolina. He served on the USS Wasatch (ACG-9). When the ship was anchored, he was assigned to deliver orders and mail. He describes the Operation Olympic portion of the plan to invade Japan. He was part of the force that occupied Wakanoura and Nagoya, Japan. He shares an anecdote about obtaining a Japanese sword as a souvenir in Nagoya. In North China he participated in the repatriation of the Japanese, Chinese, and Koreans. He wrote a book, ?Up Close and Personal,? about his World War II experiences.
Date:
March 27, 2006
Creator:
Stevens, Al
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Albert Day, February 23, 2004
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Albert Day. Day was born in Olney, Texas 23 September 1921 and graduated from high school in Vivian, Louisiana in 1942. Upon joining the Navy 4 June 1942, he was sent to The Great Lakes Naval Training Station for boot training. Afterwards, Day was assigned to the Amphibious Forces at Solomons, Maryland for training where he learned navigation and signal communications. Completing the course in October 1942 he went to Redwood City, California for further training. Assigned to LCT(5)-62, he describes the size, propulsion, crew compliment and purpose of the craft. Day tells of breaking the LCT into sections that were put aboard an AKA and sailing to New Caledonia arriving in December 1942. On a trip to Guadalcanal he witnessed a Japanese plane dropping a bomb on the USS De Haven (DD-469). He recalls a night trip to New Georgia when he saw St. Elmo’s fire on the railing of his ship. At Tulagi on 7 April 1943, Day personally shot down an attacking Japanese plane. He participated in the invasion of Iwo Jima and tells of being on the USS Estes (ACG-12) and describes an intense …
Date:
February 23, 2004
Creator:
Day, Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James H. ""Herb"" Macia, July 21, 2000
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James H. ""Herb"" Macia. He discusses being a navigator/bombardier on the 14th plane in the Doolittle Raid, including the training leading up to the raid, the trip on the USS Hornet, the raid itself, bailing out over China, the weeks spent there before making it out through India and Egypt and stories about other men in the Raiders. He also discusses meeting with Generalissimo and Madam Chiang Kai-Shek, seeing the Egyptian pyramids, crossing Africa then to Brazil before getting back to the US, landing in Miami, his later deployments in North Africa and Europe, his work after the war and reunions the Raiders have had since the war.
Date:
July 21, 2000
Creator:
Macia, James H. ""Herb""
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dialogue Recognition in Online Health Community via Integrating Text Scene Information
WeChat group-based online medical community (WGMC) is increasingly accepted by the public because of its high efficiency, convenience, and shared advantages in seeking medical resources. However, the problem to separate a complete dialogue relationship from the chat records is arising because efficient online community management is based on clear dialogue relationships and clear topics. To solve the problem, we proposed a hybrid three-stages BERT method to recognize the dialogue relationships in "Home of Love" --- a central nervous system tumor online healthy community WeChat group. First, based on the social support theory, a multi-layer BiLSTM model is proposed to classify the conversation scenes into five classes. Then, two domain adaptation methods for transfer learning are designed to optimize the BERT pre-training model for specific tasks using the "Haodaifu" as the training corpus. Finally, a hybrid BERT method based on the text scene information and the pre-training model is proposed to recognize the dialogue relationships, and its feasibility is verified by manual labeling. The results show that adding more prior knowledge to the dialogue recognition model by extracting the social support scene information can effectively improve the classification ability and stability of the model.
Date:
June 2022
Creator:
Tang, Zhanhua; He, Chaocheng; Zhou, Haoyu; Huang, Xiao & Wu, Jiang
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Adoption Statement of Members of the Stuy Family]
Personal statements of Meikina, Meigon, Meilan, Longlan, and Brian Stuy regarding the adoptions of Meikina, Meigon, and Meilan from Guangdong Province (Meikina and Meigon) and Henan Province (Meilan) in China. Meikina describes her role as big sister and her feelings when meeting each of her sisters for the first time. Meigon shares her feelings on her connections to China and Chinese culture, and Meilan shares her early memories from China. Longlan discusses her family's history, her childhood during the 1970s in Guangdong Province, and the effects of China's One Child Policy on the affected generations. Brian describes the research he's done to help connect adoptees to their birth families and his views on international adoption. There is a photo of the family on the last page of the document.
Date:
2015~
Creator:
Stuy, Meikina; Stuy, Meigon; Stuy, Meilan; Stuy, Longlan & Stuy, Brian
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Adoption Statements of Charlotte Cotter and Willa Mei Kurland]
Personal statements of Charlotte Cotter and Willa Mei Kurland regarding their adoptions from Zhenjiang City in Jiangsu Province (Charlotte) and from Urumqi in Xinjiang Province, China. The statement begins with a brief overview of their trip to China to search for their birth families, then has reproduced their blog posts from their time in China. The blogs, written by both Charlotte and Willa, contain their reflections on the experience and describe the methods they used to search. The last couple pages include photos Willa and Charlotte and links to youtube videos.
Date:
[2017..]
Creator:
Cotter, Charlotte & Kurland, Willa Mei
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Adoption Statement of Audrey Copeland and Lori Hall]
Personal statement of Audrey Copeland and Lori Hall regarding the adoption of Audrey from the Maogang Social Welfare Institute in Maoming, Guagdong Province, China. Audrey discusses her feelings about being adopted and Lori describes her decision to and the process of adopting Audrey. There is a photograph of Audrey Copeland on the second page.
Date:
2015~
Creator:
Copeland, Audrey & Hall, Lori
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Adoption Statement of Bai Yi Min Foxweldon]
Personal statement of Bai Yi Min Mershon Blasek Foxweldon (Ming) regarding her adoption from Kunming, China, describing her experiences of growing up as an adopted child in the United States and her search for her birth parents. There is a photo of Bai Yi Min at the end of the statement.
Date:
2015~
Creator:
Foxweldon, Bai Yi Ming Mershon Blasek (Ming)
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Adoption Statement of Jeanette Scinto]
Personal statement of Jeanette Scinto regarding her adoption from the Chenzhou Welfare Center in Hunan Province, China. She shares her desire to know her entire story and thoughts regarding her Chinese name, Dan Dan. There is a photo of Jeanette included on the second page of her statement.
Date:
March 22, 2017
Creator:
Scinto, Jeanette
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Adoption Statements of Colleen McKisson and Corinne McKisson]
Personal statements of Colleen and Corinne McKisson regarding the adoption of Colleen from Kunming, China. Colleen shares her adoption story and discusses her life in Washinton and her interests. Corinne describes how she and her husband arrived at the decision to adopt Colleen and her older sister Campbell from China, discusses her daughter's interests and personalities, and the community support she received following her divorce. There is a photo of Colleen in a soccer uniform on the fourth page of the document.
Date:
2015~
Creator:
McKisson, Colleen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Adoption Statement of Gao]
Personal statement of Gao (last name not given) regarding her adoption of from Xi'an, China to the Netherlands. She discusses her struggles with identity as an adoptee and her trip to China in 2014. There is a photo of her, looking away from the camera, on the second page.
Date:
2015~
Creator:
Gao
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Adoption Statement of Jian Rzeszewicz]
Personal statement of Jian Rzeszewicz regarding her adoption from Zhan-Jian, Guadong Province, China. She discusses her feelings on adoption and her advocacy for adoptees at her university. There is a photo of Jian as a baby with her mother, and a caregiver included on the second page of the statement.
Date:
2015~
Creator:
Rzeszewicz, Jian
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Adoption Statement of Lily and Rachel Stafeil]
Personal statements of Lily and Rachel Stafeil regarding the adoption of Lily Stafeil from Guangdong Province, China. Lily speaks about her interests and family, including the family's three dogs, mentioning that she'd like to visit China someday. Rachel describes a trip to China during graduate school, Lily's adoption, and the changes the family has faced since then, including her and her husband's divorce. There is a photo of Lily at the end of the document.
Date:
2016~
Creator:
Stafeil, Lily & Stafeil, Rachel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Adoption Statement of Zoe Watts]
Personal statement of Zoe Watts regarding her adoption from Yulin, China. She describes her thoughts about "fitting in" and the struggles she has had with identity, both internally and in how she is perceived. There is a photo of her at the end of her statement.
Date:
2015~
Creator:
Watts, Zoe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Adoption Statement of Parrie Liu Maio]
Personal statement of Parrie Liu Maio regarding her adoption from Changsha, Hunan Province, China. She discusses her aspirations for the future and her feelings about adoptions following her getting in contact with an adoption worker from her orphanage. There is a link to an essay she wrote about adoption on "No Hands But Ours" and a photo of Parrie Liu as a child.
Date:
2016~
Creator:
Maio, Parrie Liu
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Adoption Statement of Delaney Isley, Darrell Isley, and Betsey Isley]
Personal statements of Delaney Isley, Darrell Isley, and Betsey Isley regarding the adoption of Delaney Isley from the Fuling Social Welfare Institute in Chongqing Province. Delaney's statement discusses her interests, family pets, and dealing with bullies. Darrell and Betsey's statement describes how they arrived at the decision to adopt from China and their efforts to involve Delaney in Chinese cultural activities. There is a photo of the Isley family on the third page of the statement.
Date:
2016~
Creator:
Isley, Delaney; Isley, Darrell & Isley, Betsey
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Adoption Statements of Li Hua and Maria]
Personal statements of Li Hua and Maria regarding the adoption of Li Hua from Hengdong SWI in Hunan Province, China. Li Hua describes her feelings about her trip to China with her brother, Paul, and Maria discusses the search for Li Hua's birth family. There is a photo of Li Hua on the Great Wall of China on the second page of the document.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Li Hua
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Adoption Statements of Lilly Morris, Barb Morris, and Jean Morris]
Personal statements of Lily, Barb, and Jean Morris regarding the adoption of Lily from Guangxi Province, China. Lily shares her adoption story, feelings about her trips to China, and details about her life and interests. Barb shares her joy over raising Lily and her feelings on adoptions, and Jean discusses her feelings on being an aunt to Lily. There is a photo of Lily on the last page of the document.
Date:
2015~
Creator:
Morris, Lily; Morris, Barb & Morris, Jean
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Adoption Statement of Li Shaofang]
Personal statement of Li Shaofang regarding her adoption by a family in a neighboring village in the Hebei Province, China. The statement includes information about the interview conducted by Jena Heath with Li Shaofang, translated by Li's daughter, Jun Wang. Li Shaofang's adoption story was written by Jun Wang and describes why she was adopted and there is a photo of Li Shaofang as a child with her adoptive family on the second page.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Wang, Jun
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Adoption Statement of Robin Bell]
Personal statement of Robin Bell regarding the adoption of her daughter from the Zhenyuan Social Welfare Institute in Guizhou Province, China, describing her belief that her daughter was possibly seized rather than abandoned and her research into the matter. There is a photograph of a finding chart provided by Bell to demonstrate her "point about the lack of randomness in abandonments."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Bell, Robin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Adoption Statement of Nora and Marilyn Brock]
Personal statement of Marilyn and Nora Brock regarding the adoption of Nora Brock from the QiChun Social Welfare Institute in Hubei Province, China. Nora discusses her eighth birthday, which was spent in China, and Marilyn describes the process of adopting Nora. There is a photo of Nora Brock being interviewed on the second page.
Date:
2015~
Creator:
Brock, Nora & Brock, Marilyn
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Adoption Statement of Naomi Ji]
Personal statement of Naomi Ji regarding her adoption of from the Shanghai Children's Welfare Institute in Shanghai, China by parents in Southern England. She describes her struggles with identity, why she began her Youtube channel, and her trip to China during her university years. There is a photo of Naomi as a baby on page 3 of the statement.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Naomi Ji
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Adoption Statement of Emi Pennington and Diane Pennington]
Personal statement of Emi and Diane Pennington regarding the adoption of Emi Pennington from Shaoyang, Hunan Province, China. Emi discusses her ambivalence toward visiting China and Diane speaks about the reactions she receives from other people when her and Emi are together in public. There is a photo of Diane and Emi on the second page of the statement.
Date:
2015~
Creator:
Pennington, Emi & Pennington, Diane
System:
The Portal to Texas History