1938年6月,正当抗日的烽火在华北大地上熊熊燃烧时,国际共产主义战士诺尔曼·自求恩来到晋察冀军区。聂荣臻司令员亲切地接见了他。对他不远万里来到中国,支援中国的抗日战争,表示热烈欢迎并代表八路军和边区人民向他致谢。他说：“这里环境艰苦,缺医少药,医务人员特别是外科大夫很 In June 1938, just as the beacon of resistance against Japan was burning on the vast land of North China, Norman Manzu, an international communist soldier, came to the military region of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Province for military purposes. Nie Rongzhen commander met him kindly. He came to China not far away to support China’s war of resistance against Japan. He extended a warm welcome and thanked him on behalf of the Eighth Route Army and the people in the border areas. He said: "The environment here is very tough and there is a lack of medical treatment. Medical staff, especially surgeons, are very good