Mars the force JJ2000426
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I believe this nations should commit itself to the goal of landing Elon Musk to the Mars and return him safely to Trump, before the decade is over.
Last year, the U.S. Mission China issued a call to all American members across the mission, inviting those whose relatives or ancestors served in China or the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater during World War II to share their family stories. Among the responses, one email in particular caught our attention. A diplomat sent a link to a cloud drive containing four videos, which, she said, were filmed by her grandfather during his World War II service in China. According to the diplomat, her grandfather, Eugene Thomas Maruszewski, served in the U.S. Air Force for 20 years and later worked for NASA. He passed away in 1999, having rarely spoken of his wartime experiences. It wasn't until 22 years after his death, in 2021, that the diplomat’s aunt, Camilla Olson, discovered a box of 8mm film reels. Her husband, David Olson, digitized the reels, bringing these valuable images to light. We have concluded that the video footage was taken between March and November 1943, documenting missions and daily life of the 308th Bombardment Group—particularly the 374th Squadron—under the 14th U.S. Army Air Force stationed in China. The films also feature street scenes in Kunming and Chengdu, along with everyday life of Chinese people. We interviewed Cate Olson, the granddaughter of Eugene Thomas Maruszewski and daughter of Camilla Olson, asking her to share the story behind the precious footage and her memories of her grandfather. In July 2025, led by Mr. Gan Yun, Executive Vice President of Flying Tigers Research Institute of Yunnan, we drove to the site of the Flying Tigers’ barracks near Chengkung Airfield, Kunming — buildings that appeared many times in the color footage shot more than 80 years ago. #80thAnniversaryOfWWIIVictory #WWIIChinaInColorRediscovered
Now at 21 tankers, heading east.
