John Rossi Japanese Quotations

We hoped there came more Japanese airplanes, ... then we can shoot more down. But it never happened.

Sometimes several (of us) were shooting the same Japanese fighter.Who knows which one took it down, and we just shared the result,

We were not fighting the Zeros, ... our P-40 were better than the Japanese 97 fighters. We could run faster, far enough to turn around to come back and shoot them.

Sure I was excited when shoot down the Japanese planes. I also felt I was lucky to get back, ... I didn't get injured. Only one bullet slipped through the edge of my finger.

Chinese people are very friendly. When we shot down the Japanese fighters on the first mission, people gathered around and brought us flowers, fruit and decorations. It's quite touching because they really didn't have much else.