← Previous – CH7B – Next → The Rape of Nanking “In 1937, Japan launched a full scale invasion of China,” he began. “That same year the Nanking Massacre took place, better known as the Rape of Nanking. The American gunboat USS Panay was
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← Previous – CH7A – Next → War Victims One terribly cold afternoon in March as I walked through the pines on my way to the Murrays for my Chinese lesson, I seriously thought I might freeze in my tracks before I ever got
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← Previous – CH6D – Next → Emergency Rescue (Broken Arrow) It was a nasty cold morning on December 17, 1945, when we boarded LST 755 in Tsingtao harbor. The rope flag halyard at the bow had to be thawed out before we could
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-CH6C- Little Lew Hangs in the Balance We all held our breaths. Stevenson lit a Chesterfield and continued. ‘”Sir,’ he says to the colonel, ‘the idea came from the 22nd Marines.’ I gotta hand it to Pappy. He was using strategy. He says to the colonel, ‘You
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-CH6B- University Amenities vs the Hotel’s We still used the university. There was a 4×4 weapons carrier that served as a bus and ran scheduled runs. The base movie hall was there, and they had a first class gym with
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-CH6A- “Hotel” Accommodation for Marines The Strand Hotel in Tsingtao became the pride of Fox Company, 29th Marines. I don’t think there was a Marine who moved into the hotel that didn’t write home and talk about it. It was
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-CH5D- The Marines fall in love too I always wished I could bring Ming-Lee to dine with me, but that would be impossible. I could go to the Prime Club and sit with her, that was fine, but we could
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-CH5C- The Ordinary Life of a Marine Student We were warned that winters in North China were extremely cold and often vicious. But during the month of October 1945, he weather in Tsingtao was delightful. We had changed from summer
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-CH5B- Diligent Student My classes in the beginning were most difficult and I didn’t think I would ever learn Chinese. Mrs. Murray admitted she had used the wrong approach with me. “We will study vocabulary every day followed by basic
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-CH5A- Learning Chinese with Missionaries A few minutes before 0800, my hat in my hand, I was standing in front of Stevenson’s desk at Fox Company Headquarters. He was waiting for me. Whittington was sprawled out on a bench at
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