Title	Chieh-ni, Margaret Soong, Hsiu-chen (Anna)
Description	The Soong family befriended Eugene B. Sledge while he was stationed in Peiping (Beijing), China at the end of World War II. Sledge describes his friendship with them and the Catholic priest Marcel von Hemelryjck as "his personal bridge back to civilization and culture after so many months of killing" in his book China Marine, which takes up Sledge's story where With The Old Breed left off. Pictured here are Margaret Soong (center), Dr. Soong's wife, her sister Anna (right), and Anna's son, Chieh-ni (left).
Publisher	Auburn University Libraries
Date	1946?
Decade	1940s
Place	Beijing, China
LC Subject Headings	Chinese Friendship World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans
Alternate Keywords	China Marine
EOA Categories	Geography & Environment -- Human Environment -- Military Installations Government & Politics -- Military History -- 1946-1987: Post-World War II and the Era of Civil Rights Peoples -- Military Life
Format	JPEG
Type	Image
Original Item ID	RG 96-38, box 1, folder 1
File Name	Soongs
Collection	Eugene Sledge papers
Repository	Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.
Language	eng
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Submitted by	Caudle, Dana M.