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On the Double Ninth Festival in 1941, two major events occurred in my hometown of Pear City. One was that an American plane crashed into the rice fields outside the city, and the other was that my second uncle Li Mu was secretly arrested by the Japanese army. Regarding these two events, the "History of the Party in Licheng" has the following records: "On the Double Ninth Festival in 1941, Licheng held a Nuo temple fair, and people gathered together. On that day, an American aircraft aiding China was shot down by the Japanese army. The pilot, Captain Taylor, was seriously injured and crashed with the plane into Xinmiaoyuan outside the city. The explosion shook The houses were filled with flames, thick smoke covered the sun, and the whole city was in panic. On the same day, Li Mu, the traffic commissioner sent to Licheng by the Qingyuanshan Military Division of the New Fourth Army, was secretly arrested by the Japanese army and later defected to the enemy. "My hometown, Licheng, is an important transportation hub from the provincial capital to the inland, and has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times.
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