Word: tsinan
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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From secret northern bases, bomb-carrying Mustangs flew out to pound and strafe Jap airfields at Tsinan, in Shantung Province, 800 miles northeast of Chungking. In two assaults, 67 Jap fighters and bombers were smashed. The outfit which gave the enemy this stinging surprise was the "Yellow Scorpions" squadron, named for the gaudy spinners on the planes' noses. The squadron had first distinguished itself in Burma; when it was transferred to China, the Japs had hailed the move as an opportunity for revenge. Now the enemy had more revenge...
...started as deputy consul in Shanghai, moved around among the consulates in Tientsin, Amoy, Tsinan and Peiping. Back as Consul General in Shanghai in the ticklish years preceding the Sino-Japanese war, he made a quiet reputation for himself by getting small things done unobtrusively and well. As a longtime resident of China, he became virtually the head of Shanghai's International Settlement...