And this is the elderly Chinese woman crying for the American pilots:
How different things might have been if we didn't stab the Nationalist Chinese in the back in favor of the Communists.
Thanks for the post.
I read “Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo” when I was a young and it left a lasting impression.
I did too! I got my first library card when I was eight years old, and the first book I checked out was “30 Seconds Over Tokyo”.
It set off a chain of B-25 models as I went from my pre-pubescence into my teens!
The movie remains one of my favorites to this day. It still tugs at my heart when I see, near the end, the shot of the elderly Chinese woman crying tears for the American pilots under a wartime poster.
And I also love the scene in the movie where he finds out he and his wife are going to have a baby! Love the aerial footage of the plane swinging from side to side in great arcs as the crew sings “Rock-a-bye Baby”!
And this is the elderly Chinese woman crying for the American pilots:
How different things might have been if we didn't stab the Nationalist Chinese in the back in favor of the Communists.