Dr. Sung-peng Hsu wrote: This memorable photo was taken more than 70 years ago on January 1, 1942, when Taiwan was under the Japanese rule. My father徐復增, born on March 17, 1910, was almost 32 years old at that time. I, born on February 19, 1938, was almost 4 years old, sitting between my father and my paternal grandmother. My mother, sitting on the right, was born on April 10, 1912, but her registered birthday was June 5, 1912. My parents have six children. I am their oldest child. Their two other children died when they were still in childhood. My younger sister, standing in front of my father, died about one and a half years after the photo was taken. My father 徐復增 was a Presbyterian minister. My younger brother 徐頌仁 (Sung-Jen Hsu), in my mother's arms in the photo, is a retired well-known music professor in Taiwan, teaching piano, composition, and orchestra conducting after studying music in Germany. It is hard to believe that I am living in the United States, near Washington, DC., at the age of 75 in 2013.
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