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Lot #424
Claire L. Chennault Typed Letter Signed

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Air Force general (1893-1958) who commanded the famous Flying Tigers during World War II. WWII-dated TLS signed “C. L. Chennault,” one page, 8 x 10.5, Headquarters Fourteenth Air Force letterhead, March 8, 1945. Letter to LeRoy Whitman, editor of the Army and Navy Journal, in part: "We are sending you a number of special articles on subjects suggested by the second paragraph of your letter?Others will cover the training of American and Chinese air personnel at Karachi, written by A-3 officers; problems of the Air Force supply peculiar to China, by the Commanding Office of China Air Service Command; personnel policies by A-1; and other articles of a similarly specific nature, based on experience of officers well qualified to write about them." In fine condition. Accompanied by a blank sheet of US Pacific Fleet letterhead.

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