Since the 2005 celebrations, many of the URLs mentionned on the website for that date have been archived by their creators. That is to say that those particular pages are now -- no longer avilable. Sorry for that ...
- 56 - YEARS AGO 16 - 31 AUG 1945 ... "XX AF B-29's begin supplying prisoner-of-war and internee camps in Japan, China, and Korea with medical supplies, food, and clothing. The first supply drop (to Weihsien Camp near Peking, China) is followed by a concentrated effort of 900 sorties in a period of less than a month. 4,470 tons of supplies are dropped to about 63,500 prisoners in 154 camps through the end of September. (Eight B-29's were lost along with 77 crewmen during this operation. In addition, one B-29 was attacked by Soviet fighters while flying over North Korea and was forced to land)." [click here]
- Harsh lessons of war prison still vivid 60 years on ...
Asked why authorities were honouring foreign missionaries and other "superstitious" and "imperialist" elements, a local party official mentioned the 2008 Beijing Olympics and added a boilerplate Marxist line: "We respect history."
- People's Daily Online -- http://english.people.com.cn/ FOREIGN CONCENTRATION CAMP SURVIVORS GATHER AFTER SIX DECADES This article is completely wrong in telling why the Japanese interned us in Weihsien. O, brother! Completely wrong!
http://english.people.com.cn/200508/18/print20050818_203314.html
