British guy to visit the "Lisbon Maru" ship to restore the "life and death rescue" 80 years ago

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In 1942, the fisherman of Zhejiang Zhishan rescued the British soldiers of the "Lisbon Maru" British prisoner of war, leaving a moving trace. Tom from the United Kingdom, Tom, boarded the story of Dongji Island, Zhejiang, to visit a story of the East Polar fishermen 80 years ago to save the Water Army.

The story of a British veteran

A touching history

On August 18, 2005, a British veteran took his family not far away to Zhoushan Dongji Island to thank the fishermen who saved him in the crisis. His name is Charles Jordan, a British prisoner of war that was rescued. He hugged with an old fisherman who was also full of white hair, and he came from the affectionate reunion from the two elderly people in the East and the West. He witnessed a touching history.

"Save people everywhere"

Restore that "life and death rescue"

TOM is from the UK. He has studied contemporary history and international politics in the UK. He is now an English teacher. He heard that there was a touching rescue story on the beautiful Dongji Island more than 70 years ago. Therefore, he came to Dongji Island, Zhoushan, Zhejiang to visit this history- "Lisbon Maru" shipwreck incident.

Ascend to Dongji Island, Tom's first stop came to the East Polar History and Culture Museum, which completely recorded the "Lisbon Maru" shipwreck incident. Under the introduction of the webmaster of Liang Yinzhang, Tom had a comprehensive understanding of the history of more than 70 years ago.

At 4 am on October 2, 1942, a Japanese ship "Lisbon Maru" carried more than 1,800 British prisoners of war and more than 800 Japanese officers and soldiers responsible for escorting and guarding prisoners of war attempts to quietly go to Japan. When passing through the waters of the Dongji Island of Zhoushan, China, the "Lisbon Maru" was hit by a torpedo launched by the U.S. Navy's "Bass" submarine. The sea water suddenly poured into the cabin. The Japanese officers and soldiers on the boat were panicked and fled. The prisoners of war in the bottom warehouse were ignored, and it was about to bury the sea.

The Dongji Island fishermen who were not far from the waters of the ship found that the British army fell into the water, and immediately mobilized fishermen and ships in the village to rescue the sea. The rescued British prisoners of war went ashore and got the careful care of the Dongji Island fishermen. Enthusiastic fishermen provide them with urgent needs and food.

Director Liang sorted out the oral memories of the fishermen who saved people that year and restored the "life and death rescue" of that year:

"The fishermen in the village are really amazing,

A total of 46 fishing boats and 65 ships. "

"All the ships are out,

No one has been saved until the sea. "

Chen Bin was a descendant of saving fishermen at that time, and he still lives on Dongji Island. He tells the story of the ancestors of Dongji Island. It turned out that the first person to board Dongji Island was a survivor of the shipwreck. The ancestor opened the tradition of "saving people everywhere" on the island.

"The people on this island are relatively simple,

When someone falls into the water, they will definitely rescue them. "

Take a photo with the fishermen of Dongji Island by the rescue of the British Army Charles

Beal -by -rescued British Army Jordan and Dongji Island fishermen shake hands and embrace each other

After a lapse of decades, the elderly Charles Jordan came here to the sea without thousands of miles to thank the Dongji Island fishermen who saved his life. This simple relationship has gone through more than half a century of precipitation. Still warn us and inherit the generations.

(Original title "British Little Little Visit the" Lisbon Maru "ship to restore the" Life and Death Rescue "80 years ago". Editor Zhang Hui)

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