The son of a French army doctor who witnessed the Japanese invasion of China in the 1930s, called for more recognition of wartime atrocities, including the Nanjing Massacre.[Special coverage]
Jean-Louis Busiere will attend Thursday's military parade marking the 70th anniversary of China's World War II victory. Jean's father once helped China's anti-fascist forces transfer intelligence and secretly provide medicine.
Speaking at a press conference held on the eve of the parade, he said his father's patients included refugees who had fled from Nanjing. "Today, the Nanjing Massacre needs more acknowledgement."
The war has left a scar on many families, and the world needs to face the future and uphold friendship at peacetime, he said.
The press conference was also attended by other war veterans and their relatives, including "Flying Tigers" veteran Allen Larsen, and widow of Flying Tigers veteran Ted Stevens.
China invited more than 100 WWII veterans, anti-fascist fighters and their relatives to the military parade, including the Flying Tigers, officially known as the American Volunteer Group of the Chinese Air Force.
Jay Vinyard, an allied pilot who flew supplies to Chinese forces over the Hump during World War II, said China's WWII commemorations were a rare chance for wartime pilots to meet again in Beijing. China and the United States should join hands to achieve peace and stability in the world, he said.
