Chinese museum preserves enduring legacy of Flying Tigers

STORY: Chinese museum preserves enduring legacy of Flying Tigers DATELINE: Sept. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:19 LOCATION: CHENGDU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST 1. various of the Jianchuan Museum 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): Docent at Jianchuan Museum 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): FAN JIANCHUAN, Curator of Jianchuan Museum STORYLINE: Even 78 years after the end of World War II (WWII), the heroic story of the Flying Tigers lives on well in a private museum in China. The Flying Tigers was a special combat team, comprised of a group of American volunteer pilots, who came to China over 80 years ago to help the Chinese drive out invading Japanese troops. To commemorate the Flying Tigers and other American servicemen who assisted China during WWII, Fan Jianchuan, who was once an entrepreneur, set up the Hall of the Heroes of the Flying Tigers in Anren Town in China's Sichuan Province. The exhibition hall is part of the Jianchuan Museum, China's largest private museum cluster. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): Docent at Jianchu

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