Winston Ho presents "United China Relief: US Humanitarian Aid to Wartime China"

United China Relief was founded in February 1941 by six non-government charitable organizations in the United States to raise money for their operations in China. Its original mission was to assist China in its war against the Japanese invasion, and to promote sympathy for China in a neutral United States. After Pearl Harbor, China became America's fighting ally in the Pacific. While federal lend-lease programs supported the Nationalist Chinese military, UCR supported the Chinese people. United China Relief provided medical supplies, assisted in rebuilding the civilian economy, and supported universities and medical training centers.

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