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    Claire Lee Chennault (September 6, 1893 – July 27, 1958) was an American military aviator best known for his leadership of the "Flying Tigers" and the...
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    married to American World War II aviator General Claire Chennault. Controversy surrounds Anna Chennault for the crucial role she may have played on behalf...
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    (USAAC), Navy (USN), and Marine Corps (USMC), and was commanded by Claire Lee Chennault. Their Curtiss P-40B Warhawk aircraft, marked with Chinese colors...
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    Nationalist military general, nicknamed the "Patton of Asia" by Claire Lee Chennault of the Flying Tigers. Born to a peasant family in Shaoguan, Guangdong...
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  • Look up Chennault in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chennault refers to Claire Lee Chennault, an American military aviator Chennault may also refer to:...
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    China. The program was fleshed out in the winter of 1940–1941 by Claire Lee Chennault, then an air advisor to the Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek...
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  • (1896–1983), American basketball coach and sports novelist Lt. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault (1893–1958), American aviator, commander of the Flying Tigers Clair...
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    honor of United States Army Air Force General Claire Lee Chennault. Chennault's granddaughter, Nell Chennault Calloway, has been CEO of the museum since...
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    passed, American financial and military aid began to trickle in. Claire Lee Chennault commanded the 1st American Volunteer Group (nicknamed the Flying...
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    conduct a press conference. Soong sitting close to Chiang opposite Claire Lee Chennault. The three Soong sisters in their youth, with Soong Ching-ling in...
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    Force Chief of Staff General Michael E. Ryan Lieutenant General Claire Lee Chennault (with oak leaf cluster) – Leader of the Flying Tigers Major General...
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    requirements from the Chinese Nationalist Government. Lt. General Claire Lee Chennault and Anna Chennault were a few who had received this medal. Those eligible...
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    of Time May 28, 1923 Succeeded by John L. Lewis Preceded by Donald Wills Douglas Sr. Cover of Time November 29, 1943 Succeeded by Claire Lee Chennault...
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    commemorate the day the city was founded. Joe was the dachshund of General Claire Lee Chennault, commander of the Flying Tigers and then the China Air Task Force...
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    Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and his wife, Soong Mei-ling; and General Claire Lee Chennault, leader of the Flying Tigers. It was during his time in the western...
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    before. If Claire Lee Chennault had been informed of the mission specifics, the outcome might have been very much better for the Americans: Chennault had built...
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    Fakui Fang Xianjue Li Jiayu † Joseph Stilwell Albert Coady Wedemeyer Claire Lee Chennault Strength 500,000 15,000 vehicles 6,000 artillery pieces 800 tanks...
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    From there, the American Flying Tigers led by Brigadier General Claire Lee Chennault, had inflicted heavy damage on Japanese troops both in China and...
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  • Xue Yue, Chinese Nationalist military general, also nicknamed by Claire Lee Chennault of the Flying Tigers as the "Patton of Asia" "Lao Tou Zi 老头子" (Chinese...
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  • 1947 Henry H. Arnold Global Mission 1949 Claire Lee Chennault Way of a Fighter: The Memoirs of Claire Lee Chennault 1949 George Kenney General Kenney Reports:...
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    access to petroleum. In November 1940, American military aviator Claire Lee Chennault upon observing the dire situation in the air war between China and...
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  • Vernon Cessna (1978) Clarence Chamberlin (1976) Octave Chanute (1963) Claire Lee Chennault (1972) Jerrie Cobb (2012) Jacqueline Cochran (1971) Eileen Collins...
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    Chinese bases. Known as the Flying Tigers, the unit was commanded by Claire Lee Chennault. Its first combat came two weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor...
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    the Caribbean Defense Command in World War II. Lieutenant General Claire Lee Chennault, USAF: commander of the Flying Tigers. Lieutenant General Benjamin...
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    1941 and 1942. Claire Lee Chennault was the commander of the Flying Tigers. Originally a military advisor to Chiang Kai-shek, Chennault was asked to establish...
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  • shot down 13 Japs and was later Chinese air attaché in London" — Claire Lee Chennault, Way of a Fighter During the Battle of Shanghai, Wong escorted Chinese...
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    10: The USAAF 14th Air Force is formed in China, under General Claire Lee Chennault, former head of the "Flying Tigers". : The US House of Representatives...
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  • Marine Corps to serve as a full member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Claire Lee Chennault (1893-1958), Texas-born aviator who commanded the American Volunteer...
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  • Louise Chennault (1969), daughter of politician Chen Xiangmei (known as Anna Chennault) and the famed Lieutenant General Claire Lee Chennault who was...
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    equipment but suicide against the acrobatic Japs", as Lieutenant General Claire Lee Chennault noted. Although not as fast as the British fighter, the Zero could...
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