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Journey through Chinese countryside with relief teams in 1946
A wartime letter from Shanghai recounts a five day relief expedition from Hankow to Macheng and Hangchow. The writer travels with Colonel Briggs General Hu and others, describes river fords floods and sampans, lively receptions, meals with Chinese hosts, and a trek up Moonlight Mountain ending near Hankow.
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Shanghai
China
Hank
Mary
Hangchow
Red Cross
Brian Jones
International Relief Committee
Burma
Seagrave
Rangoon
Salween Front
Kipling
Q Haakow
Yangtze
National Geographic
Col. Briggs
Louise
General Lu
Wuchang
Hankow
Woo
Huang Pei
Kohn
Ted
Okinawa
Sung Fou
Army
General Hu
Trey
Macheng
Digg
America
Happy Boy
Fu Tien Ho
Hupeh-Honan
Sing Fou
Moonlight Mountain
Tokyo
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