LIUZHOU, China, Sept 11 (Bernama-AsiaNet) — “I think it is very important to remember history. Only by understanding what happened 80 years ago and what we did can we distinguish between gains and losses and better cope with current challenges,” said Melvin McMullen, a centenarian Flying Tigers veteran, in an interview with Xinhua News Agency reporters in Los Angeles County, the United States recently.
President Xi Jinping has told the story of the Flying Tigers many times and has corresponded with Flying Tigers veterans. On January 1st this year, when President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan sent New Year’s greeting cards back to representatives of teachers and students from a middle school in Washington State, the United States, they said, “During World War II, China and the United States fought together for peace and justice. The friendship between the two peoples has withstood the test of blood and fire and has become even stronger over time.”