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January 15, 2019 .... three new sketches from John Hoyte's Weihsien Sketchbook ... [click here]
January 4, 2019,
... new excerpts from John Hoyte's book: 
April 5, 2018
... and ... 
... [click on the pictures]July 3, 2017
- New chapter : 
June 15, 2017,
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[Click on the picture]16 February, 2017
Ray's autobiography,
go to the bookstore on his website : 
16 February, 2017
[click here]20 January 2017,
... the geography of China in 1932 ... /Atlas-1932/TN_GeographieChine.jpg)
... (in French)
September 18, 2016
[click here]January 29, 2016
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[click here]
October 4, 2015
New Chapter (unfinished) 70 years commemorations of our liberation in Weifang: 
September 6, 2015
From Mary Previte, ... audio recording: /TN_Witness.jpg)
and a URL to: 
September 5th, 2015,
Two new entries in Ida Talbot's diary, 
August 11,
More paintings from Jacqueline de Saint Hubert, now Solange Mac Lean, 
August 1
From Anne de Jongh's autograph book ...
July 3,---
New chapter: " 70 Years After "
June 8,
... from Mary Previte : 
June 1, 2015
... from Mary Previte: 
and 
and 
[click on the pictures]
May 20th,
... new article about WeiHsien, ... /TheRetrospect.gif)
[click on the picture]
May 8th, 2015
Found : the Seventh member of Stanley Staiger's DUCK-team ... .jpg)
[click on the photo]
February 20, 2014
... new article about Weihsien, ... 
click here
January 24, 2014,
new document ... excerpts from Mary Scott's book: Kept In Safeguard ... 
October 3st, 2013
More about the Pamela Werner's (mysterious) murder in Peking ... 
October 25, 2013
[click here]October 1st, 2013
New chapter from Joëlle LEY ... 
July 20, 2013,
... a Winter's day in Weihsien ... by Peter Bazire, ... 
May 30, 2013
New: 
Mary Previte's unabridged interview at NPR: --- 
Front page of the Alliance Times-Herald, April 24, 2013 : --- 
May 14, 2013
from: 
"WWII Veteran's Passing Stirs Memories Of Rescue"
May 13,
Book: Bringing Mulligan Home by Dale Maharidge: ... /Maharidge/TN_FrontCover.jpg)
May 11,
- Mary Previte's eulogy for Tad Nagaki : .... 
April 20, 2013
- translated into English by Gay Stratford, née Talbot : 
[Scroll to the botom and click on the UnionJack]
November 6,
Book: "Midnight in Peking" --- 
October 19,
Book: "Un Moine d'Aujourd'hui" (Father "Steel-Hammer") ... 
October 16,
Book: "An Intrepid Woman" by Patrick M.R. Gibson .jpg)
[click on the book]
October 13,
Website Map 
January 21,
New "adds" from Ray Moore, ---
January 17, 2012,
Excerpt from Ida Talbot's diary --- 
November 22,
By courtesy of Ray Moore, you can now download/read/print
his book: Moondani Kyema, --- 
November 18, 2011
---- Mrs Ida Talbot's Weihsien Recipe Book,
--- 
October 21, 2011,
Books, --- 
/TheFinalBetrayal/TN_FrontCover.jpg)
[click on the pictures]
September 21,
all about a "Beautiful, beautiful
Stew", --- 
[click on the picture]
September 20,
--- in Memoriam, ---
August 18,
From Donald Menzi --- read the complete
story of the : 
August 17, 2011
By courtesy of Dr. Christina D. Spink:
[click here]
July 15,
--- more about Helen Burton's Elephant
Shop --- 
[click on the picture]
July 7, 2011
--- the Len Mapes' story ... 
[click on the picture]
July 3, 2011
more Songs from Weihsien --- 
and --- letters 
May 19,
Topica archives 2010 --- now up to date
--- 
May 14, 2011
--- more about Father Van Genechten: ---
January 13, 2011
--- from Mary Previte, "He
Will Not Forsake My Children", September 1983: --- 
December 12,
- more info about Father
Van Genechten by Jonathan Henshaw : 
- About Chefoo School in Weihsien, by Peter Bazire
--- 
October 30th,
- from Jonathan Henshaw, ---- about Ahmed
Kamal: 
and his M.A. thesis: 
September 19, 2010
"found in Dad's papers" ----
(from Kim Smith) ---- 
July 6,
- Album: "The Children of Weihsien"
--- 
(282
pages) (updated --- July 17, 2010)
June 8, 2010
- 3 new pages from Joyce Bradbury's autoghraph book:
---
May27,
- 2 new audio recordings from Mary Previte:
& 
May 5,
The books I read in camp (by Stanley Nordmo)
--- 
[click on the books]
April 11,
8 new pages from Gay Stratford-Talbot's
autograph book
[click on the picture]
April 6,
new add from Gay Startford-Talbot's autograph
book:
April 5,
Jason Nagaki's video & photos for:
[click on the picture]
March 22,
The "ALBUM" : ---
February 2,
Tad Nagaki's 90th birthday: Mary Previte's
photos --- [click
on the picture]
January 22,
December 21
--- new add from Jonathan Henshaw, ---
October 19th
October 1st,
from Audrey Nordmo's Autograph book : 
From Peter Bazire's Nature Diary: 
August 17,
-- a new 3-part story about Tad Nagaki --- 
- [click on the pictures]
August 13,
James Taylor's Bird Diary now complete:
August 1,
--- a research visit to Weifang, by Jonathan
Henshaw: ---
[click on the camera]
July 1,
[click on the picture]
May 18,
--- click on the picture: 
April 17,
Audrey Nordmo's visit to Nebraska: 
[click on the picture]
March 22,
a book in French: "Le Gué du
Ciel" (Tientsin): 
par Jacqueline Dubois
March 21,
CCTV - screen captures: 
- (the captions (if any) are at the top-left of the ZOOMED
image's window.)
March 6,
--- a new document from Greg Leck: /TN_NavalIntelligence.gif)
March 1st,
Thanks to Pamela Masters, --- a new photo:
the Salvation Army group -- 
[click on the picture]
February 22,
all the new links are now active in Kim's
chapter: 
February 15,
from
Father Hanquet's "Mémoires" a new chapter translated:
In
a Country Embroiled in Civil War
Translated by Albert de Zutter
February 14,
new photos from Kim's private collection:
February 1st,
--- new documents: 
[click here]
January 17,
new translation into English by Gay Talbot-Stratford: Hanolien
January 6, 2009
December 10,
& click on the link: Tad
Nagaki ---
Decembre 5,
new translation into English by Gay Talbot-Stratford: Hongdong & Hanolien
December 3,
Two new chapters from Stephen Metcalf:
GROWING
UP UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR
FINAL
DAYS BEFORE FREEDOM
November 22,
Translations from Father Hanquet's Chapter --- so far --- [click here]
November 8,
Erratum --- 
from Stephen Metcalf
November 4,
--- new extracts from Stephen Metcalf's book: -- FREEDOM TILL ARRIVAL IN AUSSIE
October 25,
--- CCTV documentary about Weihsien Camp 
October 16,
a new video --- Mary Previte meeting with
James Moore for the first time at the U.S. Senate in Washington: 
October 14,
From Father Hanquet: "First letter home"
--- translated by Albert de Zutter
---- 
[click here]
October 3,
Father Hanquet's book --- translations so far:
Biography,
by Ron Bridge
Origins of
a vocation by Albert de Zutter
October 2,
new add by Peter Bazire, "The Weihsien
Sympnony Orchestra" --- 
[click here]
August 11, 2008
More memories from Father Hanquet's computer
--- 
August 3,
New photo with Eric Liddell from Christine
Sancton's photo album: 
July 16, New chapter:
ERIC
LIDDELL A MAN WHO COULD FORGIVE
By Stephen. A. Metcalf.
June 05,
Thanks to Terri Stewart, --- more info about Alice Moore who lived in Block-21 --- [clicking on Block-21 will bring you to Ron Bridge's listings --- Once on that page: click on "Alice Moore" --- ]
May 12,
Two voice recordings of August 1945, Stanley Staiger
for the "DUCK" team and Lt. Zimpleman (aviator) -- 
March 16,
Very recent photos from Mr. Sui Shude 
March 16,
--- photographs of Weihsien taken in 1908
by Eric Gustafson's grand father --- 
January 20,
Weihsien, "My First Class Journey"
--- by Peter Bazire --- 
[click on the picture]
January 14,
--- new chapter from Terri Stewart, with
two letters: and
more to come ---
January 10, 2008
a bit more about spam ---
December 18,
Tribute to Tad Nagaki in Alliance, Nebraska
--- 
Decamber 15,
visit Weihsien with Brian Butcher --- 
October 30th,
more from Peter Bazire's diary --- 
October 25,
Read "Forgiven
but not Forgotten" by Joyce Brabury-Cooke ---
[click on the book]
October 21,
Shandong Film & Teleplay Production
Center, Producing Group of Documentary Weihsien Camp --- 
[click on the picture]
(with captions)
October 12,
--- a copy of Peter Bazire's diary written
62 years ago ---
--5 new pages and links ---
October 5,
--- a Video from Mary Previte: "The
National WWII Museum - New Orleans" --- 
October 4,
--- new chapter --- From Pamela Masters:
with 9 more photographs of Weihsien Camp --- [click on the picture]
September 20,
--- a new chapter --- From Anne de Saint
Hubert, Christian's daughter and Jacqueline's niece: ![[click here]](Christian_deSaintHubert/photos/TN_/TN_Christian_dSH.jpg)
[click on the
picture]
September 4,
--- the map of China -- Pei-P'ing (PEKING)
used by Father Hanquet after the war 
September 3,
--- first letter home after Camp, October
5, 1945 --- [click
here] , by Father Hanquet ---- (in French)
August 31,
--- a copy of Peter Bazire's diary written
62 years ago ---
--4 more pages ---
August 26,
Our situation in the Far East (February,
1944) seen by the Belgian Red Cross: 
[click on the picture]
August 17,
--- a copy of Peter Bazire's diary written
62 years ago ---
July 12,
THE LIFE & TESTIMONY OF NORMAN HOWARD
CLIFF, 1925-2007
by Estelle Cliffe Horne
July 11,
| more
about Eric Liddell (in Chinese) --- --- A Song of Salvation (in Chinese) --- |
 |
June 8,
Topica archives for the year 2007 - up-to-date
--- 
June 6,
Topica archives for the year 2006
May 16,
Photograph of the silver B-24, "Armored
Angel" that flew over Weihsien on August 17, 1945 -- 
May 12,
--- found a press article --- 
--- in dad's papers ---
May 12,
Albert de Zutter's visit to Belgium, ---
April 11,
More about our Weihsien-Camp's history
--- 
March 3,
new documents from Donald Menzi ---
February 15,
New Chapter ----------- Peter Bazire -----------
January 9,
Can
you help identifying people in Greg Leck's book?
New Chapter ---------------------------------------------
December 22,
Link to Story No.3 --- March to freedom filled with danger
Link to Story No.4 --- Veteran “went for broke” to serve country
Link to Story No.5 --- ‘Merrill’s Marauders,’ Nisei helped shorten World War II
Link
to Story No.6
Link to Story No.7 --- Hiroshima 1945: Japanese-American officer finds old home an atomic wasteland
December 17,
--- a new article in the chapter: "The
Magnificent 7" ---
published
in The Monmouth Message, (Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, December
8, 2006.)
September 03,
Chapter 6: FOOD
September 01,
--- a new chapter and a book thanks to
Gordon Helsby --- 
July 20,
Thanks to Google-Earth, ![[click here]](maps/GoogleEarth/TN_GoogleEarth.gif)
-
(In the "maps" Chapter)
July 16,
Look in the "BOOKS" chapter and click on the books about Weihsien ---
click on the picture to read the Weihsien
episode ---
July 12,
National Public Radio interview about Weihsien
![[click here]](Mprevite/NPR_MorningEdition/TN_logo_npr_120.gif){kind=logo}
June 13,
James Moore, by Mary Previte, 
June 12,
New documents from Norman Cliff, 
May 23,
Copy of an empty envelope found on the
Internet --- and we found the original correspondence still in our possession:
April 26,
New document found in a shoe-box! 
April 15,
,
Gay's visit to Brussels, 
,
[click on the picture]
April 13,
,
about Eric Liddell, by James Taylor
III
April 12,
new
--- about Hugh Hubbard [click on the picture]
April 9,
Beyond the Chariots of Fire ---
"The Arena of Eric Liddell", by James Taylor III
March 23,
New Chapter --- From Gladys Swift, 
February 8,
Topica messages updated --> December 31, 2005
January 29,
--- and a marvellous publication, given to us by Mr. Li Yuejin and Mr. Wang Hao ---
---
January 28,
Maps --- 
--- 
January 27,
--- and the end of our short visit to China
--- 
January 20,
--- a visit to Weifang --- 
--- visit to the "old" compound
January 18,
--- a visit to Weifang --- 
chapter I: The Kite Fabric ---
today: click on: 
and look for "NEW"
December 6,
new chapter and e-book: 
November 29,
Many more RedCross letters from Brian Butcher
--- 
November 22,
102 new photos ---- from: 
Joyce Bradbury and family ---
November 20,
new painting, 
from Brian Butcher
November 6,
new photos from Brian Butcher ---
November 4,
--- a new way of finding pictures and texts
---
October 28
New sketches & new photos from Brian
Butcher 
(click on the pictures)
October 27,
a letter from Father Raymond deJaegher,
(click on the envelope)
October 22,
The magazine received in Weifang: 
- From David Beard ----- (click on the picture)
October 19,
Thanks to Father Hanquet: 3 new documents!
-- 
October 18,
new photo: 
[click on the picture]
October 14,
The Flying Tigers and their relevance to
Weihsien C.A.C.
William A. Smith's
article in
"Asia and the Americas"
July, 1946
[click here]
October 5,
a new document from David Beard: 
October 3,
SPEECHES:
- by ZHANG XINQI - by ZHANG QUANLIN - by ZHANG XIHONG - by Mary T.PREVITE - by Stephen Metcalf |
October 2,
--- new picture: 
- in Mary Previte's chapter ---
--- Transcription of Speech by Mr. Zhang
Quanlin, Party Secretary Weifang Municipal
Committee of the CPC, at Opening Ceremony of Liberation Day, August 17, 2005
[click here]
--- Stephen Metcalf's speech on video now!
--- Mary Previte's speech on video now!
--- two new "RedCross" letters
from Brian Butcher --- 
October 1st,
The Maltabella box --- 
September 29,
James Taylor III's photographs --- 
September 27,
Norman's visit to China --- May > June,
2005
September 25,
new Red Cross message from Mary Previte's
collection ---
and --- a new photograph from David Beard
with all the names :-))
September 24,
Thanks to Brian
Butcher: New sketch of Weihsien, Brian's badge and his memories
---- 
September 23,
Jimmy Moore's citation and an extract from Mary Previte's autograph book ----
September 22,
new
in Mary Previte's Chapter: [click here] - 
September 21,
Mary T. Previte's speech and a few more
pictures --- 
[click here]
new group picture --- 
#180
--- and send me your name if you are not identified in the picture :-)) ---
PS: d'on't forget the number just after the two "??" -- Thanks for
your help !!
September 10,
--- a souvenir hankerchief --- 
(click on the picture)
September 8,
new photos and more comming from: 
September 3,
--- new sketches and new photos ---
--- a new search engine within the Weihsien-picture-gallery-web-site.
If you are looking for something in particular, this might help ---
September 2, --- IRemember --- 
+ photos --- 
--- captions ---
September 1,
New slide show: 
[click
here] --- and many more photos ---
August 20,
- Two new paintings from Christine Sancton: 
August 18,
4 new paintings from Christine Sancton:
August 18,
David Beard's aerial views of Weihsien - 1945 -
Donald Menzi's story of the day, 
August 17,
Photos from Weifang,
and --- new paintings from Christine Sancton: 
[click here]