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70Th Anniversary of the U.S. Military Return to China 70th Anniversary of the U.S. Military Return to China—1945 3 - 13 october 2015 BEIJING—XIAN—Shanghai 13198 Centerpointe Way Ste. 202 Woodbridge, VA 22193-5285 703-590-1295 * [email protected] * www.miltours.com Thousands of Marines, soldiers and sailors served in China since the start of the Yangtze Patrol in 1854. Those “Old” China Hands, prior to World War II, gave birth to the legends of “China Duty.” When one thinks of the Boxer Rebellion or American forces in China before World War II it is of the Marines at Shanghai and Peking and the U.S. Navy's gunboats assigned to the Yangtze Patrol and South China Pa- trol. Movies like the San Pebbles and 55 Days at Peking give the historical and exotic nature of China Duty prior to WWII. Less known are the facts that the U.S. Army fielded the 9th, 14th & 15th In- fantry as well as the 5th Field Artillery & 6th Cavalry Regiments to the China Relief Expedition during the Boxer Rebellion and the 15th Infantry provided a 1,000 soldier garrison at Tientsin (now Tianjin) from January 1912 until March 1938. In the years following WWII, thousands more saw service in the waters off China and on land in the capacity of Civil Government repatriating the Japanese Military and keeping order during a period of turmoil in Chinese History. These sailors and Marines served faithfully and gallantly in a “dirty” job, performing hazardous service in an inhospitable country, surrounded by danger on all sides until 1949 when the Chinese Civil War We do your concluded. Tour Price: $ 2,895 China Visa for (bodo-based on double occupancy) you...no Our Navy and Marine Corps provided a stabilizing influence Single Room hidden to a country in the grips of an internal struggle for power in Supplement : $ 750 costs! the vacuum of the Japanese Surrender. While other military Tour Price Includes: men and women returned to their homes and families, they continued the struggle for freedom which had begun during Deluxe Hotel Accommodations the Island Campaigns and epic Sea Battles of the Pacific * War. Much has changed since America left China in 1949. Air-conditioned deluxe motorcoach * Those and recent changes will amaze you, but you will be China Visa Done For You ($300 Value) delighted to recognize the places you have read about in * this legendary land. Meals as indicated in the itinerary * Historical Trip information packet, contain- ing maps and other tour information * Emergency Medical Evacuation and Hospitalization Insurance * Admission fees to all sites, museums and special attractions listed * Services of experienced Tour Leaders and English-speaking local guides Airfare Not Included: MHT Optional Airfare Available, Round-trip economy or business class airfare from your city via an international portal to China priced upon registration. DAILY ITINERARY Shanghai Night Life 3 Oct Sat - (Day 1) Depart USA Depart your hometown airport for an international flight China, one to Beijing, China. (Cross international dateline lose a of the won- day) ders of the world. The 4 Oct Sun - (Day 2) Arrive Beijing Great Wall Arrive Beijing, transfer to our hotel. Hotel: No. 9 Da truly sym- Cheng Meals: (D-Dinner) bolizes 5 Oct Mon—(Day 3) Beijing China's an- We begin our China exploration with a morning trip to cient civili- the fabled Summer Palace with its famed man-made zation and lake and many pavilions and palace buildings. After is one of lunch, we will take a bus tour around the historical Le- the world's most renowned structures. In 221 BC, the gation Street area that was laid under siege during the Emperor decided to have the existing walls linked and Boxer Rebellion and was rescued by an international extended to more than 4,200 miles. Historical records military force. We will take a walking tour of Tian An show that about 1 million people, one-fifth of China's Men Square which occupies an area large enough to population at the time, were involved in the project, hold half a million people. The Square is famous for the whose completion took more than a decade. After our student pro- visit to the Great Wall, we will tour a jade workshop democracy and have lunch at the Friendship Store restaurant near protest in the Great Wall. If time permits we will stop to see the Forbidden City 1989. After Giant Pandas at the Beijing Zoo with the largest number checking into on display in the world. This evening is free to spend a our hotel the final night enjoying the nightlife of Beijing. Hotel: No 9 Da Cheng Meals: (B/L/D on own) late after- noon is free 8 Oct Thur to rest or en- - (Day 6) Xian City Wall joy the sights Xian and sounds in This morn- and around ing is an our hotel. early flight This evening, we will enjoy a traditional “Peking Duck” from Bei- Welcome Dinner. Hotel: No. 9 Da Cheng Meals: jing to (Breakfast-B/Lunch-L/D) Xian, we 6 Oct Tue - (Day 4) Beijing check-in at After a western-style buffet breakfast, we depart for the our hotel Forbidden City and the Palace Museum. Completed in and have 1420, it is the largest and most well preserved imperial lunch near residence in China. Upon leaving the grounds of the the hotel, which is inside the old city wall near the start Forbidden City we will enjoy a special treat as we take a of the Silk Road. In the afternoon we enjoy a city tour of unique Hutong tour with a rickshaw journey through Xian, to include the original City Wall, Wild Goose historic Beijing streets and neighborhoods. We will Buddhist Temple and the Drum Tower. Tonight we have lunch with a Hutong have a group dinner prior to the Tang family, a unique opportunity Dynasty Show. Hotel: Sunda Gentle- Great Wall man International Meals: (B/L/D) not generally available to for- eign tourists. Afterwards we 9 Oct Fri - (Day 7) Xian will visit a local pearl or silk Today we explore one of the great won- workshop. This evening we ders of the ancient world as we tour the will have a group dinner, and famed Terracotta Warriors. Museum, see a special acrobatic show. that chronicles the life of those who Hotel: No. 9 Da Cheng built the incredible warriors and explore Meals: (B/L/D) these huge now indoor dig sites. We 7 Oct Wed - (Day 5) Beijing end the day at the relaxing Tang Dynas- After breakfast, we will de- ty Hot Spring Garden. Hotel: Sunda part for the Great Wall of Gentleman International Meals: (B/ L/D) The Broadway Shanghai—The 12 Oct Mon - The Broadway Mansions 10 Oct Sat Bund, 1937 (Day 10) Mansions Today (Day 8) Shanghai This morn- Travel to visit ing we have the POW Camp our flight at the end of the from Xian river Huangpu to Shang- River where the hai. Upon Shanghai/ arrival in Peking Marines the famed and the Wake river city of Island Survivors were imprisoned by the Japanese in an Shanghai, we visit the famed Huangpu Waterfront with old British Fort. After lunch, we visit the Yu Yuan Gar- its old colonial buildings. Check into the historic and den a must see in Shanghai. Late afternoon, enjoy the beautifully renovated (’12) Broadway Mansions located many sights, sounds and shopping of this bustling me- at the end of the Bund River Walk. Optional Song & tropolis as well as shopping along Nanjing Road where Acrobat Show Tonight. Hotel: Broadway Mansions Asian bargains can be found in abundance. Tonight is Meals: (B/L/D) our Farewell Dinner. Hotel: Broadway Mansions 11 Oct Sun - (Day 9) Shanghai Meals: (B/L/D) We start our day with a visit to the Shanghai Museum 13 Oct Tue - (Day 11) the finest in China. We head across the river to the Shanghai landmark TV Tower (from here have a panoramic view After breakfast, we of this city which blends the old and new China), and transfer to the airport for the Pudong District. The tower includes the outstanding our Transpacific flight history of Shanghai Museum. The evening is highlight- from Shanghai. (Cross ed by a boat trip along the Huangpu River to see Shang- International Dateline, hai and the Bund at night. Hotel: Broadway Mansions Arrive USA same day.) Meals: (B/L/D) Wall! Great & Tour Great — 2015 China 5285 - 22193 VA Woodbridge, 202 Ste Way, Centerpointe 13198.
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