History will always be remembered

American doctor Ma Haide came to Shanghai, China. After being introduced by Soong Ching Ling, he went to the Soviet Area in northern Shaanxi for a medical inspection in the summer of 1936. Inspired by Mao Zedong and other CCP leaders, Red Army generals and the masses in the Soviet area, he resolutely gave up his superior life in the United States and stayed in Yan'an to participate in China's Anti-Japanese War. He once had three dreams. The first dream was to marry his Chinese wife Sophie; the second dream was to achieve a great victory in China's Anti-Japanese War; and the third dream was to become a complete Chinese. After fourteen years of hard work, Ma Haide changed from a liberal to a staunch Marxist. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1937 and participated in the Red Army, Eighth Route Army and People's Liberation Army. He fought on the health front of our army for a long time, and together with Bethune, Kotnis and other internationalist fighters, he made great contributions to the Chinese revolution. Not only did he realize three dreams, but after the founding of New China, his new dream was to work hard for the complete eradication of venereal diseases and leprosy in China.