Posted on 10/15/2011 7:46:20 AM PDT by correctthought
The postcard arrived in Ed Denzler's mailbox in Pearland last month, a mystery from his past nestled among the routine bills and coupons.
Addressed in neat block letters to Denzler, the handwritten note reads, in English: "It takes a strong man to save himself, a great man to save another. Thank you for 1944. From China."
(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...
I hope my dad gets one.
Wow.
God bless those who served and helped keep the world free from tyranny.
http://www.saconavy.com/history.htm
My Dad was part of this bunch in China back then. Up to all kinds of mischief against the Japanese. He never talked about it. I’m just now discovering what all he did. The cover story was that they were “monitoring weather stations for the Fighting Tiger squadron”, but in between that they were blowing crap up! ; )
Amazing ... God Bless those students, their teacher, and the brave men of The Greatest Generation.
I hope that he gets one too. My dad would have been embarrassed at the fuss though ;-)
I don’t know if this even applies, but a few years ago I was asked to drop a PRC Chinese engineer off at a hotel in Dallas. We got to chatting in the car and he told me he was thirty-five years old and had lived in in the PRC (Communist China) his entire life. Being a WWII history buff, I asked him if knew what the AVG (Flying Tigers Group) was. Chinese folks always refer to the Flying Tigers as the American Volunteer Group!!! He immediately responded with, “Oh, you mean General Chenault’s P-40 fighter aircraft, Flying Tigers.” I was taken back, and said to him, “How do you know about the AVG, you were not even born at that time?”. He answered that the history of the AVG is taught in Chinese schools, so that China will never forget the contibutions and sacrifices of these young American volunteer aviators prior to the opening of WWII!! He said many Chinese citizens were tortured and slain protecting the life line to freedom provided by these young American volunteers. He said the blood of those Americans that lost their lives protecting China is forever imbedded in the soil and earth of the very being of China!!! The AVG still is alive and well in many Chinese thoughts, he said!!!
That’s amazing! What a great story. And yet, hardly any kid or youth here has even the bare bones understanding of WWII.
Their gov. may be evil, but it looks like the people understand gratitude.
I would have figured the chinese communists would have expunged any favorable mention of the U.S. from their history. I'm shocked. What's even more ironic (and tragic) is that if you asked your average American high school student about the "Flying Tigers" all you would get back is a blank stare.
When the people of Communist China after 63 years of communist rule show greater gratitude for the sacrifices made by American soldiers for Freedom than has ever been offered by the current POTUS it is a day that makes you want to cry, but also want to cheer.
“Wow” is all I can think to say.
Cool, learned something new. Would have though the commies covered it over.
As one who has worked over there, the deepest impression was the respect and courtesy I received from the non-political people I worked with. Most were stunned that I would be right there in the middle of a job helping them in any capacity that I could. This was industrial construction of processing plants I designed. I crawled the steel and operated machinery because I knew it inside and out and figured why not make sure it gets right the first time instead of having to do it over.
Also, being a veteran, it got me misty because I pray I can one day go back to Teheran knowing I can safely walk the streets in safety and hopefully find those I used to work with. Not to mention to go snow skiing again at Dizin!
By the way, as a kid, I always thought the P40 with the Flying Tiger markings was about the coolest looking WWII aircraft.
Bump for a great story.
That’s an amazing story. Thanks for posting.
That is unbelievable! How awesome!
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