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...planes out of Communist hands, the Nationalist government sold the property to a U.S. corporation headed by its good friend of Flying Tiger fame, Major General Claire Chennault, who operated Nationalist China's other airline (CAT). But when Chennault tried to take possession, Hong Kong authorities blocked him. There were reports of Communist threats to British business interests; one story was that the Communists threatened to confiscate one British business in Shanghai for every plane that went into Chennault's hands...
...unfortunately neglected, was Polish Lieut. General Anders' account of his army's sacrifices and betrayals, An Army in Exile. U.S. big brass, hounded by publishers and eager ghostwriters, combed memories, diaries and official records to get their stories on the record. Hard-boiled Major General Claire Chennault had a field day with U.S. blundering in China in Way of a Fighter, and General "Howlin' Mad" Smith lashed out at high-level boners in his story of what happened to his marines in the Pacific. General "Hap" Arnold's yarn-spinning Global Mission was twice too long...
...almost all of CATC's American personnel stood by the Nationalists. Major General Claire Chennault, who runs Civil Air Transport, third civilian airline in Nationalist China, put his planes on 24-hour service, offered jobs to CNAC and CATC men of "proven loyalty." "I don't want anything to do with that [Communist] outfit," said one flyer. Another showed U.S. newsmen a cable signed "Mother" and begging: "Don't fly for other party. Please come home...
...slight, wiry Lewis C. ("Squeaky") Burwell was washed out of the Army's aviation cadet training program by his superior, Claire Chennault. When World War II came, stubborn Squeaky Burwell got his chance to fly in combat and as a transport pilot in China. One day he found among his passengers General Claire Chennault. "Brother," said Burwell, "you better get out. It's going to be a rough ride...
...Claire Chennault, wartime skipper of the Flying Tigers, back home with his Chinese bride and three-month-old daughter for a rest and a couple of congressional hearings on China, took a fighter's view of the whole situation: "I have seen it a lot worse for us in China and the Pacific than even it is now, and I have seen us turn it around and win . . . There are millions and millions of Chinese who don't like Communism and will fight...