Published by Published By China Intercontinental Press. Masterminded By the State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China, China, 2003
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Two separate books, both quarto, both as new, telling the moving stories of the Chinese villagers who bent every effort to find downed American aviators and carry or escort them to safety, during the Second World War. Rescuing the Doolittle Team (as new in pictorial stiff wrappers) tells of the crews of Doolittle's famous raid in 1941. The Memory of History (cloth boards with dust jacket) tells of this and other missions. Both are illustrated with photographs in color and black & white, and show later meetings of the Chinese and Americans, and memorials in both countries. "Dedicated to American Friends Who Fought Heroically in China Battlefield of World's Anti-Fascist War." Texts in English and Chinese. A moving tribute to cooperation between two nations.