Unfortunately the Japs took revenge on the Chinese who helped the American fliers by murdering a couple hundred thousand
I think that is an important piece of history this narrative is missing. I will see if there is a good place to add it.
“Unfortunately the Japs took revenge on the Chinese who helped the American fliers by murdering a couple hundred thousand”
I don’t doubt it, but the Rape of Nanking (1937) had already demonstrated their predilection for such things.
Thirty years ago or so I had a number of long conversations with an elderly Japanese man who was torn asunder by his service in China.