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Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek gave him a dinner and the Order of Blue Sky and White Sun. Lieut. General Albert C. Wedemeyer, commander of U.S. forces in China, gave him an Oak Leaf Cluster for his Distinguished Service Medal. In mass tribute, 163 grateful Chinese organizations gave him 500,000...
Chungking announced three important Government changes:
Said Chungking: "Militarily speaking . . . nothing serious. . . . The Communists are in the habit of ... occupying districts not strongly held by Government troops. So long as Government troops leave Communists in occupation . . . the Communists are silent. As soon as Government troops recover the lost districts, the Communists start accusing the Government of...
Cholera, which raged in Calcutta in May, got out of hand in Chungking in June. China's crowded, noisome wartime capital, which gets part of its water supply from the same river which receives its garbage and sewage (and the rest of its water wherever handy), is almost helpless...
U.S. medical men fought the epidemic. The Army sprayed with DDT (to cut down disease-bearing flies). The Navy gave free immunizing injections to thousands of Chinese. U.S. doctors have tried to stop the local practice of bleeding, which reduces body fluids already depleted by the disease. (All U.S. troops...