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1994年金秋10月,美国明尼苏达州雷德温市正式与浙江省衢州市缔结友好城市。10月8日,以杰姆·格兰特曼为团长的雷德温市代表团参观了乌溪江水电厂。当外宾们乘船游览乌溪江时,深深地被两岸的景致所吸引:“Beautiful Beautiful！”(美极了！美极了！)我告诉格兰特曼先生,52年前,有三位遇救的美军飞行员,就是沿着这条江到达衢州机场(当时称空军第13总站),也是这次双方结为友好城市的缘由。 1941年12月“珍珠港事件”爆发后,美军蒙受巨大损失。美国总统罗斯福发誓要对日本实行军事报复。太平洋舰队司令尼米兹拟定的空袭日本东京的构想,很快获得批准。
In the autumn of 1994, Red Devin, Minnesota, USA formally established a friendly city with Quzhou, Zhejiang Province in October. On October 8, a delegation from Redmond City, led by Cem Grantman, visited the Wu Xi River Hydropower Plant. When the foreign guests took a boat tour of Wu Xi River, they were deeply attracted by the scenery on both sides of the Strait: “Beautiful Beautiful!” (Beautiful! Beautiful!) I told Mr. Grantman 52 years ago that there were three rescues The U.S. pilots arrived at Quzhou Airport along the river (then called the Air Force’s 13th Main Station) and were the reason why the two sides became friendly cities this time. After the “Pearl Harbor Incident” broke out in December 1941, the U.S. military suffered huge losses. U.S. President Roosevelt vowed to apply military retaliation against Japan. The idea of air strikes in Tokyo, prepared by Nimitz, commander of the Pacific Fleet, was quickly approved.