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Born in Commerce, Texas but raised in Waterproof, Louisiana, Chennault learned to fly in the Army during World War I and became Chief of Pursuit Training for the US Army Air Corps in the 1930's. Poor health and disputes with superiors led Chennault to retire from the service in 1937. He then joined a small group of American civilians training Chinese airmen and served as 'air adviser' to Kuomintang leader Chiang Kai-shek and his wife, Soong Mei-ling, during the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). Commerce is a city located in Hunt County, Texas. ... Waterproof is a town located in Tensas Parish, Louisiana. ... Clockwise from top: Trenches in frontline, a British Mark I Tank crossing a trench, the Royal Navy battleship HMS Irresistible sinking after striking a mine at the battle of the Dardanelles, a Vickers machine gun crew with gas masks and a Sopwith Camel biplane. ... 1. ... The Chinese Nationalist Party (Traditional: 中國國民黨; Simplified: 中国国民党; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chung-kuo Kuo-min-tang; Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongguo Guomindang), commonly known as the Kuomintang (KMT), is a conservative political party currently active in the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan. ... // Ben Albert is the man Chiang Kai-shek (October 31, 1887 – April 5, 1975) was a Chinese military and political leader who assumed the leadership of the Kuomintang (KMT) after the death of Sun Yat-sen in 1925. ... Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek with General Stilwell in Burma (1942). ... The Second Sino-Japanese War was a major invasion of eastern China by Japan preceding and during World War II. It ended with the surrender of Japan in 1945. ...

Chennault's American Volunteer Group (AVG)--better known as the 'Flying Tigers'--began training in the summer of 1941 and fought the Japanese for six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Chennault's three squadrons American volunteer pilots used his tactics of "defensive pursuit" to guard the Burma Road, Rangoon, and other strategic locations in Southeast Asia and western China against Japanese forces, as China had few, if any modern planes. Listen to this article (2 parts) Part 1 · Part 2 This audio file was created from the revision dated 2006-01-12, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ...

Dr Seuss drew a political cartoon thanking Chennault (but spelling his name incorrectly) on August 30th, 1942

The Flying Tigers were formally incorporated into the U.S. Army Air Force in 1942. Earlier, Chennault had rejoined the Army with the rank of colonel; he was promoted to brigadier and then major general, heading the 14th Air Force. Throughout the course of the war he was engaged with a bitter dispute with the American ground commander, General Joseph Stilwell. Chennault believed that the 14th Air Force, operating out of bases in China, could bring about the downfall of Japan with air power alone; in contrast, Stilwell believed that the key to victory was the training of Chinese troops and their employment in aggressive ground operations in China. Because supply to CBI was very limited--all the ground routes to China had been closed by the Japanese, leaving only the tenuous Hump air route from India over the Himalayas--the fight for tonnage amongst the two generals was rancorous. As Chennault was a long-time friend of Chiang Kai-shek and had the ear of Franklin Roosevelt he usually came out ahead. Chennault retired in 1945, shortly before the Allied victory in the Pacific. Image File history File links ClareChenn. ... Image File history File links ClareChenn. ... Dr. Seuss is the pen name of Theodor Seuss Geisel (March 2, 1904 - September 24, 1991). ... USAAF recruitment poster. ... This article is about the year. ... Stilwell with Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek. ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... // Ben Albert is the man Chiang Kai-shek (October 31, 1887 – April 5, 1975) was a Chinese military and political leader who assumed the leadership of the Kuomintang (KMT) after the death of Sun Yat-sen in 1925. ... Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882–April 12, 1945), often referred to as FDR, was the 32nd (1933–1945) President of the United States. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Pacific Ocean (from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, peaceful sea, bestowed upon it by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan) is the worlds largest body of water. ...

Chennault, who unlike Joseph Stilwell had a high opinion of Chiang Kai-shek, advocated international support for Asian anti-communist movements. Returning to China postwar, he purchased several surplus military aircraft and created Civil Air Transport (later Air America). These aircraft supported the Kuomintang against Mao Zedong's Communists in the Chinese Civil War and supported the U.S. military during the Korean War and the French during the First Indochina War. He was promoted to lieutenant general one day before his death. Chennault died in 1958, and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. He is commemorated by a statue in the ROC capital of Taipei, as well as by monuments on the grounds of the Louisiana state capitol at Baton Rouge, and at Chennault Air Force Base, in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Stilwell with Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek. ... Anti-communism is opposition to communist ideology, organization, or government, on either a theoretical or practical level. ... Civil Air Transport (CAT) was a CIA-owned airline that supported United States covert operations throughout East and Southeast Asia. ... Air America pilot cap Air America was a CIA airline proprietary, a commercial organization secretly controlled by the CIA, that supplied covert operations in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. ... The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... Communist Party of China flag The Communist Party of China (Simplified Chinese: 中国共产党; Traditional Chinese: 中國共産黨; pinyin: ) is the ruling party of the Peoples Republic of China. ... The Chinese Civil War (Traditional: 國共内戰; Simplified: 国共内战; Hanyu Pinyin: ; literally Nationalist-Communist Civil War) was a conflict in China between the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party; KMT) and the Communist Party of China (CCP). ... The Korean War, from June 25, 1950 to cease-fire on July 27, 1953 (technically speaking, the war has not yet ended), was a conflict between North Korea and South Korea. ... The First Indochina War (also called the French Indochina War) was fought in Southeast Asia from 1946 through 1954 between the nation of France and the Vietnamese resistance movement led by Ho Chi Minh, called the Viet Minh. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Arlington Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia, is an American military cemetery established during the American Civil War on the grounds of Robert E. Lees home. ... National motto: None Official language Mandarin Chinese Capital and largest city Taipei President Chen Shui-bian Premier Frank Hsieh Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 138th 35,980 km² 2. ... City nickname: the City of Azaleas Capital District Xinyi Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 16 of 25 271. ... State nickname: Pelican State Official languages English and French Capital Baton Rouge Largest city New Orleans at last official government census, but probably Baton Rouge since Hurricane Katrina Governor Kathleen Blanco (D) Senators Mary Landrieu (D) David Vitter (R) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 31st 134,382 km² 16 Population  - Total... Capitol Building Baton Rouge is the capital of Louisiana, a state of the United States of America. ... Downtown Lake Charles from a beach on the opposite side of Lake Charles (the lake) . A casino riverboat, Harrahs Pride of Lake Charles, appears to the left. ...

Chennault is still recognized as a major historical contributor to Chinese history within China. His Chinese name is Chen-na-de (陳纳德). He married a Chinese woman, Chen Xiangmei (陈香梅) (Anna Chan), much younger than he at the time. // Chen Xiangmei Wife of famous WWII aviation hero Claire Lee Chennault, Chen Xiangmei, or Anna Chan, (or Anna Chen Chennault) was a very busy lady, and has had an illustrious career in her own right. ...

Further reading

• Martha Byrd - Chennault: Giving Wings to the Tiger ISBN 0817303227
• Claire Chennault - Way of a Fighter (Putnam's, 1949)
• Daniel Ford - Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and the American Volunteer Group ISBN 1560985410
• Robert Lee Scott Jr - Flying Tiger: Chennault of China ISBN 0837167744

External links

• http://www.warbirdforum.com/clc.htm
• http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/history/prewwii/clc.htm
• http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/clchenna.htm