{"id":1095,"date":"2015-04-22T07:54:44","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T03:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acwwmma.org\/?p=1095"},"modified":"2015-05-31T02:10:51","modified_gmt":"2015-05-30T22:10:51","slug":"monterey-park-commemorates-70th-anniversary-of-end-of-world-war-ii%ef%bc%88%e8%92%99%e5%b8%82-70%e5%91%a8%e5%b9%b4-%e7%ba%aa%e5%bf%b5%e7%a2%91%ef%bc%89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acf100.org\/?p=1095","title":{"rendered":"Pasadena Star-News  \uff1aMonterey Park commemorates 70th anniversary of end of World War II(\u9644\u6709\u7eaa\u5ff5\u7891\u7167\u7247\uff09"},"content":{"rendered":"<header id=\"site-header\">\n<section id=\"flag\">\n<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n<div class=\"branding\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pasadenastarnews.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"property-logo small\" title=\"The Pasadena Star-News\" src=\"http:\/\/local.pasadenastarnews.com\/assets\/logo-large.png\" alt=\"The Pasadena Star-News\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"page-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pasadenastarnews.com\/news\">ARMED FORCES<\/a><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<nav id=\"topbar-menu\"><\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/header>\n<section id=\"content\" class=\"container-fluid\">\n<div class=\"row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"span4\">\n<article id=\"main-story\" class=\"full-story\">\n<div class=\"body\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"hnews hentry item\">\n<header id=\"article-top\">\n<h1 class=\"title entry-title cleanprint-title\">Monterey Park commemorates 70th anniversary of end of World War II<\/h1>\n<div id=\"embed-header\">\n<div id=\"the-mc-gallery-embed\" class=\"photo-gallery\">\n<div id=\"mc-gallery-46957412\" class=\"photo-gallery\">\n<div id=\"mc-embed-carousel46957412\" class=\"carousel slide\">\n<div class=\"carousel-counter\">\n<p>1\/5<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"carousel-inner\">\n<div id=\"3823863464\" class=\"item active\">\n<div class=\"image-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/mng-lang.smugmug.com\/photos\/i-jZXbdZ3\/0\/L\/i-jZXbdZ3-L.jpg\" alt=\"A World War II veteran places a rose at the American &amp; Chinese World War II Memorial Monument as the city of Monterey Park commemorates the joint efforts of American and Chinese Allied Forces during WWII in front of City Hall on Thursday January 15, 2015. (Photo by Keith Durflinger\/Pasadena Star News)\" width=\"627\" height=\"418\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"carousel-caption\">\n<p>A World War II veteran places a rose at the American &amp; Chinese World War II Memorial Monument as the city of Monterey Park commemorates the joint efforts of American and Chinese Allied Forces during WWII in front of City Hall on Thursday January 15, 2015. (Photo by Keith Durflinger\/Pasadena Star News)<\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-title-din46957412\">Photos: Monterey Park commemorates the 70th Anniversary of the Ending of WWII<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a id=\"mc-embed-prev-btn46957412\" class=\"left carousel-control\"><\/a>\u2039<a id=\"mc-embed-next-btn46957412\" class=\"right carousel-control\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"embed-content\"><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"body-text\" class=\"shorten\">\n<div class=\"byline-bar\">\n<p class=\"byline cleanprint-byline\">By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pasadenastarnews.com\/government-and-politics\/20150115\/monterey-park-commemorates-70th-anniversary-of-end-of-world-war-ii#author1\">Zen Vuong<\/a>, Pasadena Star-News<\/p>\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<p class=\"timestamp\">POSTED: <time datetime=\"\">01\/15\/15, 6:04 PM PST<\/time> <span class=\"divider\">|<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"timestamp bylineCommentCount\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pasadenastarnews.com\/government-and-politics\/20150115\/monterey-park-commemorates-70th-anniversary-of-end-of-world-war-ii#disqus_thread\" data-disqus-identifier=\"pasadenastarnews-150119658\">0 COMMENTS<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"body-copy\">\n<div id=\"secondary-media\" class=\"single-image hide-for-phone span3 pull-right\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pasadenastarnews.com\/apps\/pbcsi.dll\/storyimage\/LD\/20150115\/NEWS\/150119658\/AR\/0\/AR-150119658.jpg&amp;maxh=400&amp;maxw=667\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption>Army Veteran, Joe Lopez, 93, of Whittier, salutes during the playing of Taps as the city of Monterey Park commemorates the joint efforts of American and Chinese Allied Forces during WWII at the American &amp; Chinese World War II Memorial Monument in front of City Hall on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015. (Photo by Keith Durflinger\/Pasadena Star News)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, Monterey Park officials and delegates from the People\u2019s Republic of China paid their respects Thursday to the 20 million Chinese and 418,500 Ameri\u00ad\u00adcans who lost their lives in the devastating conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Former Mayor Betty Tom Chu said Chinese and American cooperation resulted in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pasadenastarnews.com\/arts-and-entertainment\/20141129\/wwii-flying-tigers-photo-exhibit-to-open-in-monterey-park\/1\" target=\"_blank\">famed Flying Tiger<\/a>s \u2014 pilots who shot down 296 enemy aircraft, weakening the Japanese and speeding the end of a horrendous moment in history. Kunming province became a home base for these U.S. sharpshooters, who risked their lives to keep the locals safe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the Chinese had not risen in defiance of the foreign invasion, something much more disastrous could have happened to world peace,\u201d she said. \u201cOn behalf of the American and Chinese World War II Memorial Association, I\u2019d like to remind people that the Chinese did participate in the World War II. And not only did they participate, but their activities in fighting the aggression helped end the war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among those in attendance in council chambers and in front of the United States\u2019 only American and Chinese World War II memorial \u2014 dedicated in November 2010 \u2014 were Monterey Park city leaders; dele\u00adgates from Nanjing, the capital of China during WWII; officials from Kunming, which hosted 325 of the heroic Flying Tigers; and 13 WWII veterans, all there to honor the lives lost and express their hope for prolonged world peace.<\/p>\n<p>Leland Sun, great-grandson of Sun Yat-sen, founding leader of the Chinese Nationalist Party, was on hand, having donated a set of 1942 stamps featuring Sun Yat-sen and Abraham Lincoln. These were the first U.S. stamps that included a Chinese person, said WWII historian Pedro Chan.<\/p>\n<p>City Councilwoman Teresa Real Sebastian expressed her gratitude to the WWII veterans \u2014 and her desire for peace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe things that are transpiring in other countries right now, sometimes I\u2019m on edge thinking, \u2018I hope things calm down,\u2019 \u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s important that we keep talking about this and not just focus on the positive aspects of humanity but also look at these things so that we could remember and we could learn. And we could preserve what is good and makes all of us human.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In December 1937, the Japanese army invaded Nanjing and raped, tortured and murdered more than 300,000 Chinese civilians, a number exceeding the death toll in the atomic bomb deaths of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki.<\/p>\n<p>It is fitting that the cele\u00adbration of Chinese-American efforts of the day took place in Monterey Park, Chu said, noting it was the first U.S. city to become majority Chinese and the first municipality to have a largely Chinese City Council.<\/p>\n<p>WWII veteran Ray Molina, 87, is one of six brothers who enlisted to serve his country. 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