Chennault

Alice Chong outside the HQ building at Kunming in 1944, holding the Dachshund puppy that her roommate Eloise Witwer gave to General Chennault. Chennault named the dog “Little Joe” and then changed its name to “Joe-Dog” after it grew up. The name, of course, was a way of getting back at his nemesis, General Joseph Stilwell because, as Chennault would...

Alice Kim Chong (1909-1972; Chinese names 张秀金 and 张秀俊) was one of Claire Chennault’s two female interpreters at Kunming between 1943 and 1945. Here they are outside the HQ building at Kunming in 1943. Eloise Witwer, Alice’s roommate and best friend, at left. Alice Kim Chong (1909-1972) at right. Alice Chong was American-Born Chinese, born on Kauai, and educated (B.A...

Celebrities visit China during WWII: General Claire L. Chennault with USO entertainers in Kunming, China, October 26, 1944, including Jinx Falkenburg, Betty Yeaton, and Jimmy Dodd.

1st Lt. Addie Newland, an Army Nurse assigned to the Medical Air Evacuation Squadron, receives Air Medal from General. C. L. Chennault in the CBI during WWII.

"Don Barclay (seated in cockpit of P-40 fighter #42-9766), celebrated American artist, whose caricatures have appeared in nearly all the publications is now on a visit to Gen. Claire L. Chennault's 14th AAF. Barclay spent many hours with the 'China Blitzers' inhabitants of 'Sweat Hill.'"

"Interested Spectators Sit With The General While He Awaits His Turn At Bat At A Baseball Game In China. Left To Right: Cpl. Lee Gordon, Colonel Zeondioff, Major Shevallier, Major General C.L. Chennault, And Don Barclay."

A B-24 bomber crew receives medals for having sunk a 550 foot Japanese cruiser in the South China Sea on August 10, 1944. Here General Chennault pins the Distinguished Flying Cross on 1st. Lt. Lee Cunningham. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

B-24 crew receives medal after sinking 550-foot Japanese cruiser in the South China Sea on August 19, 1944. Left to right: Capt. Jay E. Levan, 1st Lt. John D Shytle, Jr., 1st Lt. Lee O. Cunningham, T/Sgt. Harry A. Neiss, 2nd Lt. William R. McCaffrey, Jr., S/Sgt. Lawrence F. Bowar, T/Sgt. Charles W. Hemsley, S/Sgt. Thomas J. Murphy, S/Sgt. Bruce...

Chennault was honored with a farewell dinner on July 26, 1945, for his retirement, hosted by Supreme Court Judge Chow, and General Lin Yao Yang.