Based on: Suping Lu, They Were in Nanjing. The Nanjing Massacre Witnessed by American and British Nationals. Hong Kong 2004

Last updated: 08/07/2019

J. V. Pickering was an American businessman employed by Standard-Vacuum Oil Co. He was one of the founding members of the International Committee for the Nanjing Safety Zone. However, he left Nanjing shortly after the inception of the committee in early December 1937.