The Association for Preserving Historical Accuracy of Foreign Invasions in China (APHAFUC) will hold an afternoon outdoor event at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion, Balboa Park, on Saturday, September 10, 1-4 pm, to commemorate the end of World war II and V-J Day. On September 9, 1945, Chinese government accepted Japan's surrender in Nanjing. The forum is free to the.
The tentative program includes organ performance, Keynote speaker: Professor Lester Tenney's speech on THE WAR IS OVER, BUT THE MEMORY LINGERS ON, honor WWII veterans, pay tribute to WWII victims: Nanking massacre, 731 unit, Bataan death march, slave labor, comfort women, In memory of Author Iris Chang and Mr. Liang Su Rong and Chinese music performance. There will be Poster displays and book sales on WWII history.
The event is co-sponsored by San Diego Northern County Chinese Society, San Diego Historical Society and Museum, San Diego Chinese Womens League, San Diego Chinese Art Association, San Diego Chinese Choir Association, House of China, U.S.-China Entrepreneur Association, Indo-Chinese Association, Fukanese Association, Hakaa Association , U.S-Chinese Friendship Association, Michael Lee, Daniel Chang, and Rosa Tchang
Dr. Lester I. Tenney Ph.D. is a survivor of the infamous Bataan Death March and three and a half years in forced labor working for Mitsui Coal Mines, extracting coal from their mine in Japan. He received his doctors degree in Finance from the University of Southern California and was a professor at San Diego State University and retired as Professor Emeritus from Arizona State University. Dr. Tenney is the author of "My Hitch in Hell: The Bataan Death March" an uncompromising story of his experiences in the Philippines and Japan. Tenney is the first POW to file an individual lawsuit against the Japanese company he worked for while a POW in Japan. Dr. Tenney worked for Mitsui Coal Mine in Japan during the years 1943-1945.