Descendants of Nanyang Volunteers strive to preserve legacy of wartime bravery

Although more than 80 years have passed, Zhang Hua, a descendant of Nanyang Volunteers, remains deeply committed to preserving and sharing the legacy of the overseas Chinese wartime heroes.

"In 1939, my grandfather Zhang Jinbing returned to China (from Malaysia) as the ninth batch of Nanyang Volunteers to participate in the war against Japanese aggression," said Zhang Hua, 53, who is now a doctor in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.

Nanyang Volunteers were overseas Chinese drivers and mechanics who returned from Southeast Asia to China during the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-45).