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YMCA Leader Recalls World War II China Service
Mertin Righty, longtime YMCA secretary, recounts wartime work in China where he survived 44 bombing raids and aided students on the westward trek as Japanese forces pressed on Chunelineg. Since 1946 he expanded vocational guidance across five principal cities.
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Mertin Righty
YMCA
Furtopoli
Toller Ymca Grouns
Neriendis Dati Mer
China
Bishop
Chunelineg
Rishon
Gayle Plafford
Ymca World Service Committee