This Chinese soldier, age 10, with heavy pack, is a member of an army division boarding a plane returning them to China, following the capture of Myitkyina airfield, Burma, under the allied command of US Major General Frank Merrill, May 1944. [1200×1479]
Then 9 years later he was mowed down by American machine guns on some godforsaken hill in Korea. So glad I’m not Chinese.
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Anyone know the backstory? Is he the son of a commander? He’s well dressed for a Chinese soldier, even ones equipped by the Allies. And one thing that wasn’t in short supply by the Chinese, it wasn’t men. They would join either/any army, if only to get food.
![This Chinese soldier, age 10, with heavy pack, is a member of an army division boarding a plane returning them to China, following the capture of Myitkyina airfield, Burma, under the allied command of US Major General Frank Merrill, May 1944. [1200x1479]](https://i.redd.it/y9sccbufw5461.jpg)
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Kids nowadays don’t even know their gender
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Then 9 years later he was mowed down by American machine guns on some godforsaken hill in Korea. So glad I’m not Chinese.
sighs__unzips
Anyone know the backstory? Is he the son of a commander? He’s well dressed for a Chinese soldier, even ones equipped by the Allies. And one thing that wasn’t in short supply by the Chinese, it wasn’t men. They would join either/any army, if only to get food.