Decades ago, a nine-year-old American boy lay beside his father, staring at a place name on the globe that his father kept pointing to: Shangrao, Jiangxi, China. His father told him, “The Chinese people there saved my life.”
Decades later, on October 6, 2026, that boy has grown into a white-haired elderly man. Crossing oceans with his father’s last wish, he safely landed at Shanghai Pudong International Airport. Next, he will travel to Shangrao, Jiangxi, setting foot on the “land of rebirth” his father once spoke of.
The man is Thomas Marcia. His father, James Marcia, was the navigator of Aircraft No.14 in America’s Doolittle Raid of 1942. Travelling with Thomas are descendants of Robert Bourgeois, the bombardier of Aircraft No.13 from the same raid.
几十年前,一名9岁的美国男孩趴在父亲身边,盯着地球仪上那个被父亲反复指过的地名:中国江西上饶。父亲告诉他:“我的命,是那里的中国人救的。”
几十年后,2026年10月6日,男孩已成白发苍苍的老人,他带着父亲的遗愿飞越重洋,顺利抵达上海浦东国际机场。接下来,他将前往江西上饶,踏上那片父亲口中的“重生之地”。
老人名叫托马斯·马西亚。他的父亲詹姆斯·马西亚,是1942年美国“杜立特行动”中14号机的领航员。与马西亚同行的,还有同行动中13号机投弹手罗伯特·布尔乔斯的后人。
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