Susan Ozark, daughter of Charles Ozark, navigator of the third plane in the Doolittle Raid, revisited Longtoudian village in Zhangcun town of Jiangshan, Quzhou city, on April 17.

Ozark expressed gratitude towards the Chinese people for their role in saving her father during the World War II.

"Without the Chinese villagers' help, I would not exist." She highlighted the importance of maintaining this historical connection and shared her efforts to educate her siblings about the lasting impact of these events.

The Raid and the Chinese rescue

The Doolittle Raid, also known as Doolittle's Raid, as well as the Tokyo Raid, was an air raid on April 18, 1942, when the US seeking retaliation against Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, assembled 80 pilots for the Doolittle Raid.

Disoriented by darkness and bad weather, many pilots had to abandon their planes over China's Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Anhui and Fujian provinces. 

The Chinese military and civilians launched a massive rescue operation, successfully evacuating 64 American pilots, with 51 of them finding refuge in Quzhou.

Source: Tide News

Reporter: Xu Zhitian

Editor: Shao Wenyun