Register of the Claire Lee Chennault papers

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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

Access

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Use

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Claire Lee Chennault papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

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

 

BIOGRAPHICAL FILE 1942-1947

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, orders, citations, and financial and flight records, relating to the military career of Claire Chennault, arranged alphabetically by form.
box 1, folder 1

Awards. Citations, letters, and memoranda 1945-1947

box 1, folder 2

Financial records. Vouchers, pay authorizations, correspondence, and miscellany 1942-1945

box 1, folder 3

Flight records. Certifications, and schedules 1943-1945

box 1, folder 4

Orders 1943-1945

 

CHINA. AIR FORCE. AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP 1941-1942

Scope and Contents

Office file of Claire Chennault as Commanding Officer of the American Volunteer Group, August 1941-July 1942. Correspondence, memoranda, orders, and reports, arranged alphabetically by form.
box 1, folder 5-6

Blueprints undated

drawer J10

Blueprints undated

box 1, folder 7

Charts undated

drawer J10

Charts undated

 

Correspondence 1941-1942

box 1, folder 8

Burma. Department of Posts and Telegraphs 1941

box 1, folder 9

Burma. Directorate of Civil Aviation 1941

box 1, folder 10

Burma. Governor 1941-1942

box 1, folder 11-12

Central Aircraft Manufacturing Company 1941-1942

box 1, folder 13

Chiang, Mei-ling 1941-1942

box FH9

China. Air Force. American Volunteer Group. Chinese Chief of Staff 1941-1942

Access

Box FH9 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.

Separated Materials

Box 1:14 was removed and placed in Box FH9 for mold remediation treatment.
box 1, folder 15

China. Air Force. American Volunteer Group. Confidential Secretariat 1941-1942

box 1, folder 16

China. Air Force. American Volunteer Group. Detachment, Kunming 1941-1942

box 2, folder 1

China. Air Force. Commander-in-Chief 1941-1942

box 2, folder 2

China. Air Force. 5th Route Air Force 1941-1942

box 2, folder 3

China. Army. War Area Service Corps 1941-1942

box 2, folder 4-5

China. Commission on Aeronautical Affairs 1941-1942

box 2, folder 6-7

China. Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1941-1942

box 2, folder 8

China. National Military Council. President 1941-1942

box 2, folder 9

China Defense Supplies 1941-1942

box 2, folder 10

France. Armee. Forces Libres de l'Extreme-Orient 1942

box 2, folder 11

Great Britain. Army 1941-1942

box 2, folder 12

Great Britain. Consulate GeneraI, Kunming, China 1941

box 2, folder 13

Great Britain. Military Mission, China 1942

box 2, folder 14

Great Britain. Royal Air Force, Burma 1941-1942

box 2, folder 15

Great Britain. Royal Air Force, China 1942

box 2, folder 16

Great Britain. Royal Air Force, Far East 1941

box 2, folder 17

Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Toungoo, Burma Station 1941

box 2, folder 18

Imperial Bank of India 1941

box 2, folder 19

Thomas Cook and Son 1941

box 2, folder 20

Toungoo, Burma. District Superintendent of Police 1941

box 2, folder 21

U.S. Army. Forces in the Far East 1941-1942

box 2, folder 22

U.S. Consulate, Kunming, China 1942

box 2, folder 23

U.S. Consulate, Rangoon, Burma 1941

box 2, folder 24

U.S. Consulate General, Calcutta, India 1941

box 2, folder 25

U.S. Embassy (China) 1941-1942

box 2, folder 26

U.S. President. Administrative Assistant 1941-1942

box 2, folder 27

Wang, C. C. 1942

box 2, folder 28

Yunnan, China. Governor 1941-1942

box 2, folder 29

Flight logs 1941-1942

box 2, folder 30

Memoranda, Numbered 1941-1942

box 3, folder 1

Memoranda, Unnumbered 1941-1942

box 3, folder 2

Memoranda (1st Pursuit Squadron) 1941-1942

box 3, folder 3

Orders, Field 1941-1942

box 3, folder 4

Orders, General 1941

box 3, folder 5

Orders, Movement 1941

box 3, folder 6

Orders, Operations 1941-1942

box 3, folder 7-9

Orders, Special 1941-1942

box 3, folder 10

Orders, Special (1st Pursuit Squadron) 1942

box 3, folder 11

Reports, Combat 1942

box 3, folder 12

Reports, Flight 1942

box 3, folder 13

Reports, Operations 1941-1942

box 4, folder 1

Rosters 1941-1942

 

Subject file 1941-1942

box 4, folder 2

Aerial operations. Correspondence, radiograms, minutes, plans, and memoranda 1941-1942

box 4, folder 3

Air bases. Correspondence, radiograms, memoranda, and lists 1941-1942

box 4, folder 4

Air pilots. Lists, and statistics 1941-1942

 

Airplanes

box 4, folder 5

Motors. Correspondence, radiograms, memoranda, and lists 1941-1942

box 4, folder 6

Procurement. Correspondence, radiograms, memoranda, and lists 1941-1942

box 4, folder 7

Armaments - Procurement. Correspondence, radiograms, memoranda, lists, and bulletin 1941-1942

box 4, folder 8

Battles. Records of victories and losses 1941-1942

box 4, folder 9

Bonus payments. Correspondence, radiograms, memoranda, and lists 1941-1942

box 4, folder 10

Casualties. Correspondence, memoranda, lists, and radiograms 1941-1942

box 4, folder 11

Central Aircraft Manufacturing Company. Legal agreements, notes, memoranda, and radiograms 1941-1942

box 4, folder 12

Communications. Correspondence, radiograms, memoranda, and lists 1941-1942

box 5, folder 1

Finance. Correspondence, radiograms, memoranda, and financial statements 1941-1942

box 5, folder 2

Flight engineering. Correspondence, radiograms, memoranda, and lists 1941-1942

box 5, folder 3

Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Correspondence, radiograms, memoranda, notes, and lists 1941-1942

box 5, folder 4

Japan. Air Force. Translation of manual 1941

box 5, folder 5

Medals, badges, decorations, etc. Correspondence, radiograms, citations, memoranda, lists, and regulations 1942

 

Medical and sanitary affairs

box 5, folder 6-7

Case records 1941-1942

box 5, folder 8

Certificates 1941-1942

box 5, folder 9

Correspondence 1941-1942

box 5, folder 10

Miscellany. Memoranda, lists, and blue-prints 1941-1942

drawer J10

Miscellany (continued) 1941-1942

box 5, folder 11-12

Sick reports 1941-1942

box 6, folder 1

Medical supplies. Lists, and shipping records 1941

box 6, folder 2

Military intelligence. Correspondence, radiograms, reports, memoranda, and lists 1941-1942

box 6, folder 3-4

Military supplies - Procurement. Correspondence, radiograms, reports, memoranda, and lists 1941-1942

box 6, folder 5

Organization. Correspondence, plans, charts, and lists 1941

 

Personnel

box 6, folder 6

Correspondence 1941-1942

box 6, folder 7

Discharge reports 1941

 

Information sheets (1st Pursuit Squadron)

box 6, folder 8-9

Ground personnel 1941-1942

box 6, folder 10

Pilots 1941-1942

box 6, folder 11

Miscellany. Legal agreements, lists, notes, and memoranda 1941-1942

box 7, folder 1-3

Status reports 1941-1942

box 7, folder 4

Public relations. Correspondence, radiograms, memoranda, censorship reports, press releases, news dispatches, and printed matter 1941-1942

box 7, folder 5

Transportation. Correspondence, radiograms, memoranda, and lists 1941-1942

box 7, folder 6

U.S. Military Mission to China. Correspondence, radiograms, memoranda, and lists 1941-1942

box 7, folder 7

Summary history 1942

box 7, folder 8

War diary 1941-1942

 

U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES. CHINA AIR TASK FORCE 1942-1943

Scope and Contents

Office file of Claire Chennault as Commanding General of the China Air Task Force, July 1942-March 1943. Correspondence, and memoranda, arranged alphabetically by form.
 

Correspondence 1942-1943

box 7, folder 9

Bank of China 1943

box 7, folder 10

Catholic Mission Medical Service of China 1942

box 7, folder 11

Central Aircraft Manufacturing Company 1942-1943

box 7, folder 12

China. Air Force. Commander-in-Chief 1943

box 7, folder 13

China. Army 1942

box 7, folder 14

China. Commission on Aeronautical Affairs 1942

box 7, folder 15

China. Ministry of Finance 1942

box 7, folder 16

China. Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1942-1943

box 8, folder 1

Great Britain. Embassy (China) 1943

box 8, folder 2

Hopkins, Arthur 1942

box 8, folder 3

Noe, James A. 1942

box 8, folder 4

PM (Magazine) 1942

box 8, folder 5

Rumen, John N. 1942

box 8, folder 6

U.S. Army. Forces in the Far East 1942-1943

box 8, folder 7

U.S. Army Air Forces. 10th Air Force 1942-1943

box 8, folder 8

U.S. Army Air Forces. Air Transport Command 1943

box 8, folder 9

U.S. Army Air Forces. China Air Task Force. Communications Officer 1943

box 8, folder 10

U.S. Army Air Forces. China Air Task Force. Secretary to the Commanding General 1942-1943

box 8, folder 11

U.S. President. Administrative Assistant 1942

box 8, folder 12

U.S. War Department 1942

box 8, folder 13

Yu-pin, Bishop Paul 1942

 

Subject file 1942-1943

box 8, folder 14

Aerial operations. Radiograms, and memoranda 1942-1943

box 8, folder 15

Flying Tigers (Organization of veterans of the American Volunteer Group) Correspondence, radiograms, memoranda, and miscellany 1942-1943

box 8, folder 16

Military offenses. Letter 1943

 

U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES. 14TH AIR FORCE 1943-1945

Scope and Contents

Office file of Claire Chennault as Commanding General of the 14th Air Force, March 1943-August 1945. Correspondence, memoranda, plans, and reports, arranged alphabetically by form.
 

Correspondence 1943-1945

box 8, folder 17

All-China Comforting Association 1943-1945

box 8, folder 18

Allied Forces. Southeast Asia Command 1943-1944

box 8, folder 19

American Broadcasting Company 1945

box 8, folder 20

American Church Mission. West China Office 1945

box 8, folder 21

Brown, Raymond R. 1943

box 8, folder 22

China. Air Force. 5th Route Air Force 1943-1945

box 8, folder 23

China. Army 1943-1945

box 8, folder 24

China. Commission on Aeronautical Affairs 1943-1945

box 8, folder 25

China. Ministry of Communications 1943

box 8, folder 26

China. Ministry of Finance 1944-1945

box 8, folder 27

China. Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1944

box 8, folder 28

China. Ministry of Information 1945

box 8, folder 29

China. Ministry of Training 1945

box 8, folder 30

China. National Military Council 1943-1945

box 8, folder 31

France. Consulat, Kunming, China 1945

box 8, folder 32

Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Texas 1945

box 8, folder 33

Glendale, California. City Clerk 1944

box 8, folder 34

Great Britain. Army. Aid Group, Kunming, China 1945

box 8, folder 35

Great Britain. Embassy (China) 1944-1945

box 8, folder 36

Great Britain. Joint Staff Mission 1943

box 8, folder 37

Great Britain. Royal Air Force 1943-1944

box 8, folder 38

Hughes, Louie 1944

box 8, folder 39

India. Viceroy 1945

box 8, folder 40

Kunming, China. Catholic Church 1945

box 8, folder 41

Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr. 1943

box 8, folder 42

Mahony, Edith 1943

box 8, folder 43

Noe, James A. 1943-1944

box 8, folder 44

People's Foreign Relations Association of China 1945

box 8, folder 45

U.S. Army. Forces in the Far East 1943-1945

box 8, folder 46

U.S. Army Air Forces. 5th Air Force 1944

box 8, folder 47

U.S. Army Air Forces. 14th Air Force. Chinese American Composite Wing 1945

box 8, folder 48

U.S. Army Air Forces. 14th Air Force. 68th Composite Wing 1943-1944

box 8, folder 49

U.S. Army Air Forces. 8th Air Support Command 1943

box 8, folder 50

U.S. Army Air Forces. 12th Air Support Command 1944

box 8, folder 51

U.S. Army Air Forces. Assistant Chief of Staff, Personnel 1943-1944

box 8, folder 52

U.S. Army Air Forces. Assistant Chief of Staff, Plans 1944

box 8, folder 53

U.S. Army Air Forces. Commanding General 1943-1945

box 8, folder 54

U.S. Consulate, Kunming, China 1943

box 8, folder 55

U.S. Department of State 1944

box 8, folder 56

U.S. Federal Economic Administration 1944

box 8, folder 57

U.S. Joint Intelligence Staff 1945

box 8, folder 58

U.S. Navy Department 1945

box 8, folder 59

U.S. Observer Mission to Yenan 1944

box 8, folder 60

U.S. War Department 1943-1945

box 8, folder 61

Vaughan, Guy W. 1943

box 8, folder 62

Yunnan, China. Governor 1945

 

Subject file 1943-1945

box 9, folder 1

Aerial operations. Correspondence, memoranda, plans, maps, and notes 1943-1945

drawer J10

Aerial operations (continued) 1943-1945

box 9, folder 2

Airlift, Military. Memoranda, lists, and notes 1943-1945

box 9, folder 3

China. Air Force. Correspondence, radiograms, memoranda, plans, and lists 1943-1945

box 9, folder 4

China. Army. Y-Force. Memoranda, radiograms, and maps 1943-1944

box 9, folder 5

Flying Tigers (Organization of veterans of the American Volunteer Group) Correspondence, memoranda, lists, and minutes 1943-1945

box 9, folder 6

Logistics. Report 1945

box 9, folder 7

Military intelligence. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and printed matter 1943-1944

box 9, folder 8

Military offenses. Correspondence, radiograms, depositions, testimony, and memoranda 1945

box 9, folder 9

Military supplies. Correspondence, radiograms, memoranda, plans, and lists 1943-1944

box 9, folder 10

Organization. Radiogram, orders, plans, notes, and press release 1945

box 9, folder 11

Parachute troops. Radiograms, memoranda, and charts 1943

box 9, folder 12

Security classification. Manual 1943

box 10, folder 1

Transportation. Correspondence, radiograms, report, memoranda, and map 1943-1944

 

POSTWAR PERIOD 1945-1967

Scope and Contents

Papers of Claire Chennault after the end of World War II. Correspondence, speeches and writings, memoranda, and printed matter, arranged alphabetically by form.
 

Correspondence 1948-1951

box 10, folder 2

American Bureau for Medical Aid to China 1949

box 10, folder 3

American China Policy Association 1949

box 10, folder 4

Bullitt, William C. 1948

box 10, folder 5

Chen, Che-tang 1949

box 10, folder 6

China. Embassy (U.S.) 1949

box 10, folder 7

China. Inspectorate General of Customs 1948

box 10, folder 8

China. President 1949

box 10, folder 9

Dickerson, Wayne R. 1949

box 10, folder 10

Fox, Charles R. 1949

box 10, folder 11

Harbison, William Albert 1949

box 10, folder 12

Harris, Hendon M. 1949

box 10, folder 13

Heston, L.G. 1949

box 10, folder 14

Hoover, Herbert 1949

box 10, folder 15

Hull, Cordell 1949

box 10, folder 16

Johnson, Burton H. 1949

box 10, folder 17

Kansu, China. Governor 1949

box 10, folder 18

Knowland, William F. 1949-1951

box 10, folder 19

Kwangtung, China. Governor 1949

box 10, folder 20

Lippmann, Walter 1949

box 10, folder 21

Moy, Ernest K. 1948

box 10, folder 22

National Agricultural Engineering Corporation 1948

box 10, folder 23

Noe, James A. 1949

box 10, folder 24

North Western Industrial Company 1948

box 10, folder 25

Stout, James M. 1949

box 10, folder 26

U.S. Congress 1948-1949

box 10, folder 27

U.S. Department of Defense 1949

box 10, folder 28

U.S. Department of State 1949

box 10, folder 29

U.S. Department of the Treasury 1949

box 10, folder 30

U.S. Economic Cooperation Administration. Mission to China 1948-1949

box 10, folder 31

U.S. National Security Council 1949

box 10, folder 32

U.S. Vice President 1949

box 10, folder 33

Vinson, Fred M. 1949

 

Speeches and writings 1945-1954

box 10, folder 34

Interview on American Volunteer Group, Typewritten transcript n.d.

box 10, folder 35

Speech on American Volunteer Group, Typescript n.d.

box 10, folder 36

Speech on atomic warfare, Typescript n.d.

box 10, folder 37

Miscellaneous speeches, Correspondence, contracts, programs, and notes 1945-1951. 1945-1951

box 10, folder 38

Speech, China Friendship Day, New York City, Holograph, typescript, and programs October 10, 1945. 1945

box 10, folder 39

Speech on postwar reconstruction of China, New York City, Holograph, and typescript October 29, 1945.

box 10, folder 40

Speech, Victory Bond rally, Monroe, Louisiana, Typescript December 8, 1945.

box 10, folder 41

Statement on independence of the Philippine Islands, Typescript June 22, 1946.

box 10, folder 42

United States Aid to the National Government of China; Typescript 1948?

box 10, folder 43

United States Can Stamp Out the Threat of War; Washington Daily News; Printed copy February 2, 1948.

box 10, folder 44

Testimony, Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, Holograph, typescript, mimeographed copy, and correspondence March 10, 1948. 1948

box 10, folder 45

Radio broadcast, Army Day, Typescript April 6, 1948.

box 10, folder 46

Statement, Appropriations Committee, U.S. Senate, Typescript April 20, 1948.

box 10, folder 47

Statement on China, Typescript 1949?

box 11, folder 1

Way of a Fighter, Correspondence, reviews, miscellany, and reprint of foreword 1949. 1949

box 11, folder 2

Speech, 14th Air Force Day, Canton, China, Typescript, and letter March 10, 1949. 1949

box 11, folder 3

Red Cloud over China; America; Printed copy March 19, 1949.

box 11, folder 4

Testimony, Joint Committee on Foreign Economic Cooperation, U.S. Congress, Mimeographed copy, and correspondence May 3, 1949. 1949

box 11, folder 5

Last Call for China; Life; Typescript; printed copy; and correspondence July 11, 1949. 1949

box 11, folder 6

Radio interview on China, Typewritten transcript July 31, 1949.

box 11, folder 7

Holding Communism in the Far East; Typescript; and correspondence 1950. 1950

box 11, folder 8

U.S. Anti-Communist Program in Far East; Typescript 1950?

box 11, folder 9

Interview, Courtroom of the Air (radio program), Typewritten transcript, and letter September 26, 1950. 1950

box 11, folder 10

What Should Be Our Policy in Asia Now? America's Town Hall Meeting of the Air (radio program); Typescript; and correspondence November 21, 1950. 1950

box 11, folder 11

The Dilemma of the Red Chinese; Typescript March 13, 1951.

box 11, folder 12

Chennault Urges U.S. to Back Chiang's Forces to Stop Reds; New York Herald Tribune; Printed copy March 26, 1951.

box 11, folder 13

Chiang's Troops Called Able to Seize Mainland if Provided with U.S. Arms; New York Herald Tribune; Printed copy March 27, 1951.

box 11, folder 14

Chiang Air Force Well Trained; Eager to Fight; New York Herald Tribune; Printed copy March 28, 1951.

box 11, folder 15

Chiang's Sailors and Marines Praised for Spirit and Training; New York Herald Tribune; Printed copy March 29, 1951.

box 11, folder 16

1;600;000 Anti-Red Guerrillas Reported Active in China Proper; New York Herald Tribune; Printed copy March 30, 1951.

box 11, folder 17

Chiang Says World Peace Hinges on Total Defeat of Communism; New York Herald Tribune; Printed copy April 1, 1951.

box 11, folder 18

Statement on removal of General Douglas MacArthur, Mimeographed copy, and letter April 8, 1951. 1951

box 11, folder 19

The Korean Dilemma; Typescript; and correspondence May 21, 1951. 1951

box 11, folder 20

Statement on proposed invasion of China, Typescript, and correspondence November 22, 1952. 1952-1953

box 11, folder 21

The Flying Tigers Can Do It Again; Look; Printed condensation September 7, 1954.

 

Subject file 1945-1967

box 11, folder 22

China - History - Civil War, Memoranda, and miscellany 1945-1949. 1949

 

Civil Air Transport, Inc.

 

Correspondence 1950-1952

box 11, folder 23

General 1950-1952

box 11, folder 24-25

U.S. Congress 1950-1952

box 11, folder 26

Miscellany. Statements, resolutions, memoranda, notes, press releases, news dispatches, and printed matter 1950-1952

 

Flying Tigers (Organization of veterans of the American Volunteer Group)

box 11, folder 27

Correspondence 1945-1959

box 11, folder 28

Miscellany. Pamphlets, brochures, bulletin, press releases, notices, and lists 1945-1967

 

Fourteenth Air Force Association (Organization of veterans of the U.S. 14th Air Force)

box 12, folder 1

Correspondence 1947-1958

box 12, folder 2

Miscellany. Bulletins, lists, financial statement, and programs 1948-1960

box 12, folder 3-4

International Volunteer Group (Proposed) Correspondence 1954

box 12, folder 5

Sentner, David P. Correspondence 1949

box 12, folder 6

U.S. - Foreign relations - China. Memoranda, testimony, and printed matter 1947-1949

 

DECLASSIFIED RECORDS 1941-1949 (bulk 1941-1942)

Scope and Contents

Formerly security-classified records of the U.S. and British governments. Includes some interfiled unclassified records. Arranged chronologically by date of release by Hoover
 

2011 July release of records 1941-1949

box 12, folder 7

U.S. War Department 1941-1944

box 12, folder 8

U.S. Department of State 1941-1949

box 12, folder 9

British 1941-1945

box 12, folder 10

Republic of China 1941-1948

box 12, folder 11

Miscellany 1941-1949

Scope and Contents note

Includes U.S. Congress, China Defense Supplies, and General Motors Corporation material
 

CARD FILE n.d.

Scope and Contents note

Personnel cards for members of the American Volunteer Group, arranged alphabetically by form. China. Air Force. American Volunteer Group - Personnel
box 13

Duty record cards (larger cards)

box 13

Information data cards (smaller cards)

 

PHOTOGRAPHS

envelope A

Aerial photographs of the Kunming area of China taken by the U.S. 14th Air Force during World War II, 3 prints 1943 August

envelope B

Photographs of Claire Chennault depicting him in various locations in China and the United States, 7 prints circa 1940-1948

envelope C

20 prints of Claire Lee Chennault, alone and with others 1943-1945