As all of us celebrate our public holiday today, I wanted to take time to remember past resistance fighters that have inspired our movement.
My Type-9 is named after Mya Yi. As ancient Earth author Mark Shea, who worked for BBC News, reported on 8 May 2020 in his article Spy princess and Lady Death: Eight women of WW2:
“Mya Yi’s struggle began even before the Japanese invaded Burma in World War Two.
She was a vigorous campaigner for the country’s independence, opposing the British colonial authorities.
She joined resistance forces in World War Two and always brought a sword and a poison bottle to defend herself.
In 1944 she travelled on foot across enemy-held territory and mountain ranges to British-controlled India to continue the fight against the Japanese.
She bandaged her wounds with strips of sarong as she went, and refused men’s offers to carry her.
In India, she contributed to pamphlets dropped over Burma detailing how badly the Japanese were treating the population.
Though she planned to return to Burma with her husband after the birth of her first son she only returned in October 1945, after the war had ended.
She carried on her fight for independence and then against the country’s military regimes.”
Let us all take time to honor past freedom fighters as we honor our own. Enjoy your holiday my fellow commanders.
P.S. Speaking of Type-9s, during our holiday is an excellent time for enterprising pilots to score big hauling in items for the festivities. A great example is wine. Hauling in 712 tons of wine to Foreman Holdings or Cormack Penal Colony will net a pilot around 4.5 million in profit. Don’t be left out. Help support the good times being had by all!
