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#3413055 - 10/18/11 06:01 PM Thank you notes from China to U.S. WWII Vets  
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Pretty interesting and very nice story:

Thank-you cards from China pose mystery for WWII vets
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/...WII-2217926.php

A Shenzhen Daily article published online reported that students at Shenzhen Foreign Languages School in China's Guangdong Province had decided to write postcards to thank U.S. veterans for helping China resist the Japanese invasion.

The students came up with the idea this summer after visiting an exhibit of World War II photographs, according to the article.

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#3413060 - 10/18/11 06:05 PM Re: Thank you notes from China to U.S. WWII Vets [Re: Arthonon]  
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That's a great story indeed!

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#3413068 - 10/18/11 06:11 PM Re: Thank you notes from China to U.S. WWII Vets [Re: Arthonon]  
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Cool story Arthonon. thumbsup


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#3413069 - 10/18/11 06:11 PM Re: Thank you notes from China to U.S. WWII Vets [Re: Arthonon]  
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cool story. thanks for posting

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#3413107 - 10/18/11 06:56 PM Re: Thank you notes from China to U.S. WWII Vets [Re: Arthonon]  
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Yes, good story and a hopeful thought. Thanks for posting.

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#3413151 - 10/18/11 07:59 PM Re: Thank you notes from China to U.S. WWII Vets [Re: Arthonon]  
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Nice story.

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#3413171 - 10/18/11 08:23 PM Re: Thank you notes from China to U.S. WWII Vets [Re: Arthonon]  
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Great story smile

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#3413247 - 10/18/11 09:40 PM Re: Thank you notes from China to U.S. WWII Vets [Re: Arthonon]  
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#3414003 - 10/19/11 09:24 PM Re: Thank you notes from China to U.S. WWII Vets [Re: Arthonon]  
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A story we sometimes overlook about WW2...the building of large runways for heavy bomber bases, made for B-29's...and the earlier brutality and attacks on Chinese civilians by Japanese forces.

Nice of them to thank the veterans!

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