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This book is an oral record written by a veteran of the Anti-Japanese War in Wuxi. In order to preserve the historical memories of the Anti-Japanese War veterans, the Wuxi Archives and History Museum organized volunteers from the Zhiyuan Team of Jiangnan University to conduct interviews with more than 100 Anti-Japanese War veterans in February 2017. This lasted for more than three years and accumulated first-hand valuable information. The veterans of the Anti-Japanese War interviewed were either native to Wuxi or currently live in Wuxi. They personally recalled the unforgettable anti-Japanese war experience of blood and fire. These memories are not only an important way to deepen the historical research of Wuxi's Anti-Japanese War and fill in the details of the grand framework of the national narrative, but also an important way to integrate the great Anti-Japanese War spirit into the ideological imprint of contemporary people and inherit the historical genes of the national blood. To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Wuxi Archives and History Museum compiled this interview into "Memories of Home and Country - Oral History of Hundreds of Anti-Japanese War Veterans", with a total of about 280,000 words.