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China salutes US ‘Flying Tiger’ veterans and relatives on friendship mission Former air force members Harry Moyer and Mel McMullen are among a group visiting Beijing and various parts of the country where the volunteers fought alongside Chinese President Xi Jinping says the Flying Tigers can still help to foster better relations between their nations from the SCMP US World War II veteran Harry Moyer (second right) speaks next to his compatriot Mel McMullen (second left) and US ambassador to China Nicholas Burns, (left) during a ceremony in honour of Flying Tigers and their descendants held at the US Embassy in Beijing on Monday. Photo: AP -
I have a neighbor lives up the street that was in the OSS as a radio operator working behind the lines in China during WWII, he was near where the flying tigers were stationed in south China, though did not interact with them. On my first trip over to China, our tour guide took us out to a field near Guilin where the AVG operated from, not much to see today, however from what I have been informed there is a museum to the AVG near there. Interesting article about this guy, it seems even though he fought for China, he was treated poorly during the cultural revolution, I am glad someone recognized him for what he did, and got the government to take care of him since the 80's Another thing from the article "He was a Kuomintang pilot captured by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 1946, after his fighter jet encountered navigation difficulties.", this sounds a lot like a friend of mine, his father was in the Chinese army, and defected to Taiwan by taking an aircraft, sounds like similar "Navigation Dificulties". http://www.chinadail...nt_13114297.htm
