http://alyoung.com/News/News and Information about Al Young Studioshttp://alyoung.com/News/http://alyoung.com/News/RSS_Feeds/RSSImage-Tanner.pngAl Young Studios News and Information for Web Site Updates.104144en-usMon, 11 Aug 2008 20:00:04 -0700Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:00:04 -0700http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssrss@alyoung.com (Al Young Studios)rss@alyoung.com (Al Young Studios)http://alyoung.com/News/2008-08-11-New_Document-Japanese_Instructions_for_POW_Camps.html

Al Young Studios today announced publication of a 2-page document donated by Walter Regher. The document outlines instructions for the government of Prisoners of War under control of the Empire of Japan. Walter Regher transcribed the document in 1985 and provided Al Young Studios with scans of that transcription. An OCR transcription, which has been verified, is also provided.

Online access to these materials is provided free of charge.

The document is available in several formats:

• Online version [HTML]
• Online Facsimile [Archive Document Console]
• Downloadable text version [TXT]
• Word Document [DOC]

For an up-to-date list of available documents, please visit this page, where items in red are available, and items in gray are yet to be added.

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.]]>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:00:04 -0700http://alyoung.com/News/2008-08-11-New_Document-Japanese_Instructions_for_POW_Camps.htmlAl R. Younghttp://alyoung.com/News/2008-08-11-0.09.0202.001-New_Article.html

Seymore Wainscott's Legendary Six Square Cipher is the first Internet publication of a document from The Wainscott Collection.

Thus far, the story of Seymore Wainscott has been told through serialized installments in The Storybook Home Journal. This article features a transcription of an undated document designated by Seymore Wainscott as a Personal Memorandum and entitled A Brief Description Of The Six Square Cipher. In addition to the transcription, the article presents ten facsimiles in Seymore's own hand.

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.]]>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:00:03 -0700http://alyoung.com/News/2008-08-11-0.09.0202.001-New_Article.htmlAl R. Younghttp://alyoung.com/News/2008-08-11-3.26.0018.001-New_Stained_Glass_Piece.html

Al Young Studios announced the release of the first available stained glass window.

The window, featuring "Y" insignia of Brigham Young University, sells for $325 USD and measures 13.25 in. x 15.25 in. The product is designed to hang from a ceiling or window frame. More information on purchasing or hanging the window is available here.

The item is product no. 3.26.0018.001.

For more information, please contact Ashton Young at Al Young Studios.]]>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:00:01 -0700http://alyoung.com/News/2008-08-11-3.26.0018.001-New_Stained_Glass_Piece.htmlAshton Younghttp://alyoung.com/News/2008-08-11-New_Stained_Glass_Page.htmlStained Glass page.

This new page features all stained glass pieces as products. This functionality has also been added to Ashton Young's Gallrey page. Below are thumbnails of all stained glass pieces.

Lantern No. 2	Butterfly Window No. 5	Lantern No. 1	Rosette Light Fixture
Butteryfly Window No. 2	Butteryfly Window No. 4	Butteryfly Window No. 3	Korean Window
Brigham Young University Stained Glass Window	Autumn Leaves Window	Cabinet Glass Window	Music Room Window
Rosette Christmas Ornament No. 1	Christmas Ornament No. 2	Christmas Ornament No. 1	Bottle Stopper No. 1
Swiss Window No. 3	Swiss Window No. 2	Swiss Window No. 1	Butterfly Window No. 1
Rosette No. 1

For more information, please contact Ashton Young at Al Young Studios.]]>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:00:00 -0700http://alyoung.com/News/2008-08-11-New_Stained_Glass_Page.htmlAshton Younghttp://alyoung.com/News/2008-08-02-New_Mapping_Information.htmldocument.write('

'); Last evening, Al Young Studios provided a major update to the KML data for the book My Father's Captivity. In this update, more accurate data was added for the geolocation of world War II artifacts.

Regions reciving new geographic data:

• Clark Field, Mindanao, Philippines
  Each placemark has been moved and overlays of some aerial imagery can be seen in Google Earth.
• Mindoro, Philippines
  The evacuation of S.S. Mayon at Mindoro was repositioned.
• The S.S. Panay
  This ship wreckege has been moved to where it is believed that the ship was bombed.
• Cagayan de Oro, Cagayan, Philippines
  Artifacts from the reteat of American forces have been repositioned here also.

More data and updates for accuracy will occur in the coming weeks. However, some data are approximations and rely on fragmentary recollections of events that may not have been thoroughly documented to begin with.

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.]]>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:00:00 -0700http://alyoung.com/News/2008-08-02-New_Mapping_Information.htmlAl R. Younghttp://alyoung.com/News/2008-08-01-Minor_Update_to_Site.html

Added Navigation Tools and Google Maps to Chapters of My Father's Captivity
The ability to move from one chapter to the next from within the page has been added, and a Google Maps view of content for each chapter has also been added.

New Sorting Ability for Artifacts for My Father's Captivity
Now documents, photos, and other artifacts may be sorted by people, location, and chapter. In the case of images, if a person is featured in the image, their names are listed, but if it is a document or artifact the provider is listed.

Resolved Google Maps CSS Issue
The CSS for the Google Maps on the site is run by the deafult Google CSS instead of the Al Young Studios CSS.

Resolved Bugs:

• Resolved JavaScript Error in Archive Document Console
  A JavaScript function prevented the regular view from being toggled after full screen mode was initiated. This issue has been resolve and the Archive Document Console Core version has been changed to 1.0.1.
• Resolved Google Maps CSS Issue
  The CSS for the Google Maps on the site is run by the default Google CSS instead of the Al Young Studios CSS.

To report a bug or other error on the site, please contact us.

For more information, please contact Tanner M. Young at Al Young Studios.]]>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:00:00 -0700http://alyoung.com/News/2008-08-01-Minor_Update_to_Site.htmlTanner M. Younghttp://alyoung.com/News/2008-07-31-New_Photos-Chapter_9.html
Camp Casisang, no. 1
Camp Casisang, no. 2
Al Young Studios today added two images to its online archive of original source materials associated with the book My Father's Captivity. This brings the total of available images to 74, or 24 percent of the 310 images to be uploaded over the next few months.

The photos in this batch pertain primarily to the period covered by Chapter 9 of the book, and feature images from Camp Casisang at Malaybalay in the Philippine Islands.

The images are of the camp and a line of soldiers.

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.]]>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:00:05 -0700http://alyoung.com/News/2008-07-31-New_Photos-Chapter_9.htmlAl R. Younghttp://alyoung.com/News/2008-07-31-New_Photos-Chapter_8.html
Loyd Work at Del Monte, copy no. 1
Field radio group, no. 1
Barricade above Cagayan
Del Monte cannery at Bugo
Bugo dock
Field radio group, no. 2
Del Monte field, bivouac
Al Young Studios today added seven images to its online archive of original source materials associated with the book My Father's Captivity. This brings the total of available images to 72, or 23 percent of the 310 images to be uploaded over the next few months.

The photos in this batch pertain primarily to the period covered by Chapter 8 of the book, and feature images from the Philippine Islands during the retreat of American forces during between January 1, 1942 and May 9, 1942.

The images feature the Del Monte plantation, the Clark Field Radio Group, the Bugo dock, and the Barricade above Cagayan.

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.]]>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:00:04 -0700http://alyoung.com/News/2008-07-31-New_Photos-Chapter_8.htmlAl R. Younghttp://alyoung.com/News/2008-07-31-New_Photos-Chapter_7.html
S.S. Mayon, after bomber attack
Mindoro beach evacuation, no. 1
Mindoro beach evacuation, no. 2
Mindoro beach evacuation, no. 3
Mindanao, bayonet training
S.S. Panay
Downed B18
Downed O46
Al Young Studios today added eight images to its online archive of original source materials associated with the book My Father's Captivity. This brings the total of available images to 65, or 21 percent of the 310 images to be uploaded over the next few months.

The photos in this batch pertain primarily to the period covered by Chapter 7 of the book, and feature images from the Philippine Islands during the retreat of American forces during December 1941.

The Images feature the S.S. Mayon, the S.S. Panay, the Mindoro Beach Evacuation, and two downed planes, an O46 and a B18.

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.]]>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:00:03 -0700http://alyoung.com/News/2008-07-31-New_Photos-Chapter_7.htmlAl R. Younghttp://alyoung.com/News/2008-07-31-New_Photos-Chapter_6.html
Clark Field, December 8th, no. 1
Clark Field, December 8th, no. 2
Fort Stotsenburg aerial
Clark Field, December 8th, no. 3
Clark Field, December 8th, no. 4
Clark Field, December 8th, no. 5
Al Young Studios today added six images to its online archive of original source materials associated with the book My Father's Captivity. This brings the total of available images to 57, or 18 percent of the 310 images to be uploaded over the next few months.

The photos in this batch pertain primarily to the period covered by Chapter 6 of the book, and feature images from Clark Field in the Philippine Islands during it's bombing on Dec. 8, 1941 and the aftermath of the attack.

Two images feature a burning truck at Clark Field; one image featurse Fort Stotsenburg from the air; another image features Clark Field's bombing from the air; two others are from James Young of more destruction at Clark Field.

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.]]>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:00:02 -0700http://alyoung.com/News/2008-07-31-New_Photos-Chapter_6.htmlAl R. Younghttp://alyoung.com/News/2008-07-31-New_Photos-Chapter_5.html
Clark Field, decoy no. 1
Clark Field, decoy no. 2
Clark Field, beards
Ted Fisch in B18 cockpit
Al Young Studios today added four images to its online archive of original source materials associated with the book My Father's Captivity. This brings the total of available images to 51, or 16 percent of the 310 images to be uploaded over the next few months.

The photos in this batch pertain primarily to the period covered by Chapter 5 of the book, and feature images from Clark Field in the Philippine Islands.

Two photographs feature the wooden decoy planes made by Teodoro Tinio for Clark Field and two more images feature Ted Fisch during the commanding officer's campaign to boost morale by letting the men grow beards.

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.]]>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:00:01 -0700http://alyoung.com/News/2008-07-31-New_Photos-Chapter_5.htmlAl R. Younghttp://alyoung.com/News/2008-07-31-New_Photos-Chapter_4.html
Alfred R. Young at his B10
The Philippine Clipper
Clark Field baseball team
Al Young Studios today added three images to its online archive of original source materials associated with the book My Father's Captivity. This brings the total of available images to 47, or 15 percent of the 310 images to be uploaded over the next few months.

The photos in this batch pertain primarily to the period covered by Chapter 4 of the book, and feature images from Clark Field and Cavite in the Philippine Islands.

One photograph features Alfred R. Young and his B10, another photograph features the Clark Field baseball team, and a third image features the Philippine Clipper at Cavite.

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.]]>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:00:00 -0700http://alyoung.com/News/2008-07-31-New_Photos-Chapter_4.htmlAl R. Younghttp://alyoung.com/News/2008-07-22-New_Photos-Chapter_3.html
Clark Field, flight line
Clark Field, P26
Clark Field, B10
Fort Stotsenburg, gate posts
Nichols Field, B10 crash, no. 1
Clark Field, hangars (aerial)
Clark Field, hangars (aerial), no. 2
Clark Field, 28th Squadron
Nichols Field, B10 crash, no. 2
Al Young Studios today added nine images to its online archive of original source materials associated with the book My Father's Captivity. This brings the total of available images to 44, or 14 percent of the 310 images to be uploaded over the next few months.

The photos in this batch pertain primarily to the period covered by Chapter 3 of the book, and feature images from Clark Field, Nichols Field, and Fort Stotsenburg.

Two of the photographs are annotated aerial views of Clark Field, one photograph is a group picture of the men in the 28th Squadron in 1939, and other images feature B10 bombers and a P26.

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.]]>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:00:02 -0700http://alyoung.com/News/2008-07-22-New_Photos-Chapter_3.htmlAl R. Younghttp://alyoung.com/News/2008-07-22-New_Roster-Warren_Stewart_Roster_Diary.html

Al Young Studios today announced publication of a World War II diary containing more than 450 names of Japanese prisoners of war at Kawasaki Camp 2. The diary, kept by Warren R. Stewart, Jr., and provided by the Warren Stewart Family, contains several rosters for Camp 2.

Stewart recorded not only the names of fellow prisoners, but meticulously documented home addresses, death dates, assignments to camp work details, and other information. In addition to the 450-name roster at the beginning of the notebook, Stewart created or copied several other rosters whose combined total (including duplicate listings) amounts to another 344 names.

The diary is presented as a searchable list of names that lets site visitors go directly to digital copies of the page associated with each name.

"It isn't possible for everyone to hold the original in their hands," explained Al Young, "But these high-resolution images let the very texture of Warren's experience reach out to the viewer. There's a tremendous amount of information here for anyone looking for a father or a grandfather or someone else who endured what these men endured, but there's also a lot to be felt by simply looking at the document. This book survived the bombings that devastated the Yokohama industrial area where the prison camp was located. This book was there when liberation threatened to kill them and the sword of extermination hung over their heads after they’d already survived the long years of starvation, beatings, disease, cruelty, and slavery."

Stewart, a meticulous diarist, kept six diaries during more than three years of captivity. One diary was destroyed during an Allied bombing raid near the end of the war. Of the five other volumes, most of their contents will eventually be published at alyoung.com.

Online access to these materials is provided free of charge.

The document is available in several formats:

• Online version [HTML]
• Online facsimile [Archive Document Console]
• Downloadable text version [TXT]
• Word Document [DOC]

For an up-to-date list of available rosters, please visit this page, where items in red are available, and items in gray are yet to be added.

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.]]>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:00:01 -0700http://alyoung.com/News/2008-07-22-New_Roster-Warren_Stewart_Roster_Diary.htmlAl R. Younghttp://alyoung.com/News/2008-07-22-New_Roster-Exhibit_J.html

Al Young Studios today announced publication of a 7-page document, designated Exhibit J, and containing a roster for Camp No. 2 (Nisshin) Kawasaki, Japan Aug. 25, 1945. The roster includes 139 names consisting of 59 Americans, 6 members of the British merchant marine, 6 members of the Australian merchant marine, 5 members of the Norwegian merchant marine, 4 British navy personnel, 2 members of the RAF, 13 members of the British army, and 44 men in the Italian navy.

Online access to these materials is provided free of charge.

The document is available in several formats:

• Online version [HTML]
• Facsimile [PDF]
• Downloadable text version [TXT]
• Word Document [DOC]

For an up-to-date list of available rosters, please visit this page, where items in red are available, and items in gray are yet to be added.

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.]]>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:00:00 -0700http://alyoung.com/News/2008-07-22-New_Roster-Exhibit_J.htmlAl R. Younghttp://alyoung.com/News/2008-07-22-Minor_Update_to_Site.html

Basic Search Functionality Added for Documents|Photos|Artifacts
The Related Artifacts Button has been repaired and now takes the user to a basic documents search page.

Resolved Bugs:

• Broken Links Resolved
  Several broken links have been repaired.

To report a bug or other error on the site, please contact us.

For more information, please contact Tanner M. Young at Al Young Studios.]]>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:59:59 -0700http://alyoung.com/News/2008-07-22-Minor_Update_to_Site.htmlTanner M. Young