Name: Unbreakable | Wreckage, remembrance and friendship
Uploaded: 2026-05-11T11:06:56+08:00
Duration: 1 min 25 s
Description: After the US Doolittle Raid of 1942, American pilots who crash-landed in Quzhou were rescued by local villagers, and they never forgot the bonds formed in the eastern Chinese city. In 2008, when an aging veteran wished to have a piece of his downed aircraft

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After the US Doolittle Raid of 1942, American pilots who crash-landed in Quzhou were rescued by local villagers, and they never forgot the bonds formed in the eastern Chinese city. In 2008, when an aging veteran wished to have a piece of his downed aircraft as a memento, a fragment of the plane was recovered and sent to the US in a heartfelt gesture that reflected an enduring friendship forged during the war.

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