Chinese Expedition
Army Monument in Guangzhou
陸軍新編第一軍印緬陣亡將士紀念墓園 Chinese Expedition Army Monument in Guangzhou In May 1945, the Chinese Expedition Army in Burma had won a complete victory together with British and US forces. The New First Army (N1A) returned to Yunan Chiina, They were preparing themselves to take on the Japanese forces in China, fighting together with other forces to recover the lost lands. In August, Japan declared unconditional surrender to the Allies. General Sun Li-jen led the New First Army to Guangzhou to take over the control from Japanese Army. In the meantime, General Sun wanted to honor all those sacrificed during their many battles in Burma. In 1985, when I returned to Taiwan to visit General Sun, he showed me this sketch of the Guangzhou Monument. I snapped this “Make sure the Monument will be preserved for future Chinese to remember them!” he told me. He also told me that he used the surrendered Japanese soldiers to construct the Monument at that time. In 2006, I went to Guangzhou, and met Mr. Wang Bohui. He happened to be the officer that directed the Japanese soldiers to do the work. In view of his age, he wanted me to work closely with him to preserve the destroyed Monument. 廣州遠征軍公墓 1945年五月﹐中國遠征軍在緬甸戰場取得全勝後﹐新一軍班師回國﹐準備參與國內抗日反攻戰爭。 八月15日﹐日本宣佈無條件投降﹐孫立人將軍帶領新一軍到廣州接收﹐後來安排日軍投降典禮﹐並親自參加典禮。 孫立人到廣州時﹐開始策劃﹐與朋友共同設計 「陸軍新編第一軍印緬陣亡將士紀念墓園」﹐這張示意圖是他1985年親自給我看的﹐當時我照了這樣一張照片。他當時要我到廣州查看﹐希望將來國家能夠保存墓園。 孫將軍告訴我﹐當時他下令要投降的日本官兵﹐出力為遠征軍建築墓園。 2006年﹐我到廣州參加掃墓團﹐遇到前新一軍老幹部王伯惠先生﹐原來他就是當年指揮投降日軍建築墓園的指揮官﹐王先生對我十分愛護﹐並希望我共同為保護公墓文物。 (廣州遠征軍公墓 (gzhgmu) |
