I started this history blog to celebrate my late father, Herbert Bingham Mead. He served in the U.S. 1st Marine Division in China 1945-1946. His wish was for me to research and publish a book on those extraordinary days when he and his comrades were stationed in Tianjin and Beijing, China. Today we salute the service and bravery of those extraordinary men -and the people of China who endured and befriended them. Semper Fi!
My Dad the U.S. China Marine
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
New York Times: Truman Hails China on National Day 1945
TRUMAN HAILS CHINA ON NATIONAL HOLIDAY
Special to The New York Times
October 11, 1945; page 2, column 7
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10- President Truman pledged our assistance and support to China in accomplishing the democratic objectives of Dr. Sun Yat-sen in a statement today on the thirty-fourth anniversary of the Chinese Republic.
“The American people today,” Mr. Truman said, “join the people of all free nations in saluting the people of China upon this thirty-fourth anniversary of China’s national revolution. For the first time in fourteen years China is able to celebrate the Double Tenth without fear of aggression. The tremendous sacrifices which the Chinese people have made for so long in their stirring and effective resistance to the Japanese invader have finally been rewarded in complete victory over the enemy, and the American people take pride in the decisive role played by our gallant ally in this titantic struggle for world freedom.
“With final victory in the war achieved, China now faces the urgent problems of reconstruction of her devastated nation –a task which will require all of the inspired leadership and full cooperation of the Chinese people which have been so evident during these years of desperate struggle for survival and without which Japan’s savage aims of aggression might have succeeded.
“On behalf of the American people I take pleasure in reaffirming our abiding faith in the ability of the Chinese nation to accomplish the democratic objectives established for it by Dr. Sun Yat-sen and in pledging our assistance and support to the attainment of this end.”
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