Flying Tigers veteran moved to tears during visit to Kunming Foreign Language School

2023-11-05 21:21:31 - 西部网

"Icried,"HarryMoyer,103,veteranpilotoftheU.S.14thAirForce,knownasthe"FlyingTigers"saidemotionally.

HeaddedthateverybodyinhisfamilycriedwhilewatchingtheperformanceandlisteningtothesongduringthevisittoKunmingForeignLanguageschool,a"Sino-USHumpAirliftMemorialSchool".

OnNov.3,2023,adelegationfromtheSino-AmericanAviationHeritageFoundation,alongwithU.S.FlyingTigersveteransandtheirfamilies,visitedKunmingForeignLanguageschoolinsouthwestChina'sYunnanProvince.

Duringtheirvisit,amusical"GreenPathandRainbow:theStoryoftheFlyingTigersandtheHump"wasperformedbyKunmingFlyingTigerOperaTroupetohonortheAmericanandChinese"FlyingTigers"airmenwholosttheirlivesfightingtheJapaneseinvaders.

Attheendofthevisit,theKunmingFlyingTigerOperaTroupeandstudentsfromtheKunmingForeignLanguageSchoolsang"AuldLangSyne"togetherinbothEnglishandChinese.

ThesongremindedMoyerofthefriendshiphehadforgedwiththeChinesepeopleduringWorldWarII.Hecouldn'thelphimselfandcriedwhenhesangalongwiththem.

Moyersaidthatwhatimpressedhimthemostwastheschool,whichexpressedtheideaofSino-AmericanfriendshipandthestoriesoftheFlyingTigerssowellandsobeautifully.

Flying Tigers veteran moved to tears during visit to Kunming Foreign Language School

HarryMoyer,103,veteranoftheU.S.14thAirForce,ismovedtotearswhilesinging"AuldLangSyne"withtheKunmingFlyingTigerOperaTroupeandstudentsfromKunmingForeignLanguageschoolinKunming,southwestChina'sYunnanProvince,Nov.3,2023.(People'sDailyOnline/ZhaoTong)

Flying Tigers veteran moved to tears during visit to Kunming Foreign Language School