At that time in the 1950’s, the Chinese and Filipino families did not socialize and there was very little inter-marriage.

When mother, Austin and I arrived in Manila by ship from Yokohama in late September of 1951, the Filipino school year had already been

My year educational hiatus in Japan was over in the fall of 1949 when we moved to Yokohama. Father enrolled my brother and I in Yokohama Catholic

Father's Nagasaki diplomatic consul rank was equivalent to Lt. Col Delnore, the Nagasaki American Military Government battalion commander rank.

Since Chicago days, I had become very familiar with father's taste in music: essentially classical Western symphonies and operas with occasional light

In April 1948, the overnight train that took us from Tokyo to Nagasaki was a designated American Military Government private compartment attached

It was night in Yokohama by the time mother, my brother Austin and I were processed off the USS Marine Swallow in October of 1947.

When we set up home in Chicago, father started to avidly follow the news broadcast everyday, especially the broadcast speeches of President Franklin D

From the age of 4 to 7 in Chicago, I recall happy outings and evenings when mother and father entertained friends and Chinese students (僑生)from the Il

On Feb 10, 1944 , my family set foot on the soil of California, the "Golden State". For three days by train from Los Angeles through San Francisco to