“80th anniversary” story 2: Searching and Memorizing: Friendship of the Flying Tigers

2025-08-19 22:26

Photo 1 (Xinhua News Agency): On May 19, 2005, a veteran of the former American Volunteer Group (AVG) that aided China during the Anti-Japanese War, searched for the names of his fallen comrades on the Anti-Japanese Aviation Martyrs Monument. On that day, 20 veterans of the AVG and their families visited the Nanjing Aviation Martyrs Cemetery to pay their respects to the heroes of the Anti-Japanese War.

 

Photo 2 (Xinhua News Agency): On March 11, 2024, Margaret Kincannon, a Flying Tigers descendant and the Vice-Chairman of the Sino-American Aviation Heritage Foundation, and her husband, visited the photo exhibition “U.S.-China Friendship in Guangxi” in New York City, to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States.