Ge Shuya, Chinese History Expert

Alain forwarded some correspondence you had with him to me and I just want to get to know you. I am a foster son of the late General Sun Li-Jen, who led the New 38th D and later the New First Army (38th and 202 Ds) and recaptured Burma with Gen. Stilwell and others.

On my thoughts, yur father is an unique great general in Chinese troops or including Communist troops or in Chinese military history on 2000 years. Your father's thoughts and experience is special and important one for Chinese military or Chinese way how to walk and where to go for yesterday and today, but it is very sorry that Chinese don't notice him more much whether from Kuomintang or Communist.

It is that your father wasn't like all Chinese generals on Chinese old tradition and culture. He was like a West general on their advanced thoughts, technique and modern military skills. So his soldiers's (ND 38th) victory was more more than all other Chinese troops' got. He had made a great revolution in Chinese military history. All words above have been approved by American, British and Japanese. Today, I don't know any Chinese general get more than your father on these fields above. We need more these great person as your father.

I'm very glad to know you and contact with you for ever. I, too, know all of youself. I will give more matierls in Chinese if you could read. I hope to know more about your father especially in Burma and India from you. And we need to get some good advice or help from you on our return Ledo Road.

Sorry I am writing in English to you, because I am limited by my computer and my ability to input Chinese. However, I can read Chinese e-mails.

I am in the process of building an English Internet site with stories of Gen. Sun, and you may take a look at the URL: http://www.science.uwaterloo.ca/~cchieh/sun/

You probably will find it interesting too. I have put your e-mail to me on the website already, because knowing you is very important to me and perhaps to the future of our working together. I too also dreamt of going to visit the battle fields General Sun has been. So I am building up my physical strength up for it. May be, some day I will.

I am still very busy, otherwise, I would have written much more on the website. I have many titles, but not much written yet.

Thank you for your reply. You have brightened my day!