Throughout the world the American soldiers' fondness for children has become well known and in China it is no exception. Scores of orphans have been adopted by men of the Major-General C. L. Chennault\'s Fourteenth Air Force. here Staff Sergeant Elwood Clark of 2922 Coleman Ave., Corpus Christi, Texas, is shown holding Marie Liu, 6-year old girl who was found wandering near a base of the Fourteenth Air Force Chinese-American Composite Wing. Sgt Clark and a few of his friends bought clothes for the child and have arranged for her food and shelter, paying 8,000 dollars (Chinese currency) a month. That is equivalent to about 12 American dollars. Sgt. Clark has been in the army since November, 1942, and overseas since August, 1943.
Image from U. S. Government official sources.