Chinese National Day, celebrated October 1, marks the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, when Mao Zedong declared its establishment in Tiananmen Square. The holiday commemorates the Communist Party’s victory in the Chinese Civil War and the unification of modern China. Today we collect historical accounts of United States rescue of China from Japanese genocide during the Massacre of Nanjing in the Sino-Japanese War 1937-1945.