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
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Picture of Dad with Hataman Street, Beijing, 1946
On my previous post regarding the establishment on Hataman Street I thought there was no picture. I stand corrected, slightly. Pictured here is my father at Marco Polo Field. Behind him are a row of buildings along Hataman Street in the distance. He spelled it "Hadaman Street."
A colleague at Hawaii Tokai International College in Honolulu was here earlier this summer to teach Mandarin. Daniel Fan saw this photo and remarked that he grew up only a block or two from this location! What a small world we in the 21st century live in.
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