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Title: Claire Lee Chennault papers
Date (inclusive): 1941-1967
Collection Number: 67002
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
12 manuscript boxes, 1 card file box, 3 envelopes, 2 oversize folders
(5.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, orders, memoranda, reports, and speeches and writings, relating to aerial operations in China during World
War II, and to postwar American foreign policy in China.
Creator:
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Box FH9 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials
must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection,
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
[Identification of item], Claire Lee Chennault papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1890, Sept. 6 | Born, Commerce, Texas |
| 1917 | Commissioned First Lieutenant, U.S. Army. Became military aviator |
| 1937 | Retired from U.S. Army Air Corps as a Lieutenant Colonel |
| 1937-1941 | Adviser to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek |
| 1941, Aug.-1942, July | Commanding Officer, American Volunteer Group in Chinese Air Force |
| 1942 | Commissioned Brigadier General, U.S. Army Air Forces |
| 1942, July-1943, Mar. | Commanding General, China Air Task Force |
| 1943 | Promoted to Major General |
| 1943, Mar.-1945, Aug. | Commanding General, 14th Air Force |
| 1945 | Retired from U.S. Army Air Forces |
| 1946-1958 | President, Chinese National Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Air Transport, and its successor organizations, Civil Air Transport and China Air Transport |
| 1949 | Author, Way of a Fighter |
| 1958, July 27 | Died, New Orleans, Louisiana |
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations
Officers
World War, 1939-1945 -- China
China -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- China
United States. Army
United States. Army Air Forces. China Air Task Force
China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 14th