Flying Tigers veteran moved to tears during visit to Kunming Foreign Language School
"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.
HarryMoyer,103,veteranoftheU.S.14thAirForce,ismovedtotearswhilesinging"AuldLangSyne"withtheKunmingFlyingTigerOperaTroupeandstudentsfromKunmingForeignLanguageschoolinKunming,southwestChina'sYunnanProvince,Nov.3,2023.(People'sDailyOnline/ZhaoTong)
HarryMoyer,103,veteranoftheU.S.14thAirForce,ismovedtotearswhilesinging"AuldLangSyne"withtheKunmingFlyingTigerOperaTroupeandstudentsfromKunmingForeignLanguageschoolinKunming,southwestChina'sYunnanProvince,Nov.3,2023.(People'sDailyOnline/ZhaoTong)
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