Memory of Flying Tigers honored

The American Volunteer Group has legendary status in China, and the US pilots who flew as members of the Chinese air force have now been honored in the town that was their main center of operations, as Li Yang reports from Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.

Editor's note: This is the third in a series of special reports about the experiences of foreigners who either lived or served in China between 1937 and 1945.

China has paid tribute to the 1st American Volunteer Group, better known as the Flying Tigers, a team of US pilots who assisted the fight against Japanese occupation during World War II, by opening a heritage park in Guilin in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.