My connection with the Flying Tigers began in the 1980s. At that time, China had just implemented reform and opening up, attracting a large number of foreign tourists, and the demand for translation continued to increase. At that time, I was very young and had a certain foundation in Chinese, so I started working as an accompanying translator for Americans traveling to China. In the following years, I accompanied many veterans of the Flying Tigers to visit China and revisit the places where they had fought and lived together. Walking with veterans, getting along day and night, listening to their selfless and brave yet little-known combat experiences. I was deeply moved by their stories and began collecting relevant historical materials for research. I hope that the spirit of the Flying Tigers can be passed down from generation to generation between the people of the United States and China, and lay a strong historical foundation for the friendship between the two peoples. In order to conduct better research, I began establishing the American Flying Tigers Historical Committee in 2002, which mainly includes Flying Tigers veterans, their relatives, friends, and sponsors. Since its official establishment in 2007, we have assisted in the construction of the American Flying Tigers Guilin Site Park located in Guilin, Guangxi, and donated nearly 3000 historical relics to the park, including a C-47 transport plane. During World War II, the Flying Tigers took the risk of opening a hump route to transport urgently needed supplies to China. More than 1000 American and Chinese crew members sacrificed themselves on this dangerous route, and the C-47 transport plane was their main aircraft type at that time. In 2015, we discovered this C-47 transport plane in Australia, which was still in a flying state. After undergoing refurbishment and renovation, we organized a re flight on the Hump route. We invited 5 Flying Tigers veterans from the United States and Australia, with an average age of 71.8 years old, to fly this 72 year old "Master" aircraft from Australia in August 2016. In more than 90 days, they flew over six countries, experienced two engine changes and one forced landing, and without the support of navigation equipment, flew over the the Himalayas by manual driving, and finally arrived in Guilin. At the moment when the veterans stepped out of the cabin and landed on the land of China, applause came from the airport, and everyone present was boiling with enthusiasm! Since 2003, I have organized more than 20 delegations consisting of veteran members of the Flying Tigers and their families, friends and family, as well as enthusiasts of the history of the Flying Tigers, to visit China. Visiting China several times and experiencing many things, the deep friendship between the veterans of the Flying Tigers and the Chinese people, condensed with their blood, has been deeply engraved in my heart, making my belief in inheriting the spirit of the Flying Tigers even stronger. Over the years, I have always remembered a story of my visit to China vividly. That was March 2004, when I came to China with a group of 32 veterans from the Flying Tigers and their relatives and friends. After more than 10 hours of flight, the elderly veterans of the Flying Tigers team showed no signs of fatigue and set foot on the land of China, which had been separated for more than 60 years. Their bright eyes were filled with excitement and determination. We have visited multiple places one after another. In Shijiazhuang, Hebei, veterans met Chinese guerrilla veterans who had rescued them in the central Hebei plain. They stumbled towards each other, only a few steps away, but crossed decades of time. They embraced each other tightly, shook hands hard, and excited words surged out like a tide, expressing the profound friendship that had been baptized by war. At the later meeting, a veteran guerrilla soldier wearing a Zhongshan suit from the Hebei Central Plain showed us a photo he had cherished for many years - a group photo with members of the Flying Tigers, and told us a true story. On a day in the late autumn of 1943, a plane piloted by members of the Flying Tigers was hit by the Japanese army. The pilot who was forced to parachute and escape landed in the outskirts of Shijiazhuang, and the Japanese army conducted a carpet search for him. Chinese guerrilla team members carrying out missions nearby immediately launched emergency rescue efforts upon discovering the situation. Due to the lack of mountains and forests for hiding in the central Hebei plain area, guerrilla team members took him to a tunnel to hide, and the sound of Japanese searches occasionally came from the ground. At that time, there was also a woman with a baby hiding in the tunnel with them. Due to the thin air, the baby couldn't stop crying due to difficulty breathing. In order to prevent the Japanese army on the ground from hearing any noise, the young mother tightly covered the baby's mouth with her own hands until the Japanese army left. The members of the Flying Tigers team were successfully rescued, but the lovely baby left her mother's embrace forever due to suffocation. Later, after several rounds of escort by the guerrilla forces, the pilot was finally safely transported back to the base camp. At this point in the story, all the veterans of the Flying Tigers stood up in silence and saluted with military salutes. Chinese guerrilla veterans stood up and saluted with military salutes, and both sides embraced tightly. At the end of the meeting, the veteran solemnly entrusted us to search for this pilot, and we are honored to take on this glorious mission. Over the years, we have consulted a large amount of existing historical materials, organized celebrations such as gatherings and birthday parties for members of the Flying Tigers and their families, and also visited many Flying Tigers veterans of similar age to this pilot in an attempt to find his whereabouts, but unfortunately, we have not been able to do so to this day. 20 years have passed, and the stories I heard in Shijiazhuang still frequently come to my mind. I will continue to search for this pilot, hoping to give my old comrades a chance to meet again. For me, inheriting the spirit of the Flying Tigers is a precious spiritual wealth that I have pursued throughout my life. I will also continue to tell the story of the Flying Tigers, constantly promoting mutual understanding between the two peoples, and passing down the friendship and friendship between the two countries from generation to generation. (Le Xin She) (The author is the Vice President of the American Flying Tigers Historical Committee)