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[New York 1980], Times Books. Red cloth, clipped dj. in mylar protector, 242p., 14 x 21.5 cm., many b. w. photos, a clean and crisp copy, First printing. * FIRST EDITION * . *** *** *** . . . A PRIMARY RESOURCE FOR CHENNAULT & HIS CHINESE WIFE . . . THE AUTHOR'S SIGNED COPY . *** An intimate story of Anna Chennault's story, her life with her husband, General Claire L. Chennault commander of the and the "AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP" ["A.V.G."] later known as the "FLYING TIGERS." They first fought the Japanese air force over Burma, then went on to Kunming and Southwestern China from 1937-1945. . Ann's family life, the Japanese invasion of China. Anna was a journalist and war correspondent. After the war she and her husband founded the China Air Transport [C.A.T.] lines, and flew missions against the Chinese communists, and supported Nationalist China. . Anna was well connected in Washington, and mingled with the famous and infamous, presidents and the shakers. Her candid story is loaded with insights hitherto unknown. . *** ANNA C. CHENNAULT [1925-2018]: BACKGROUND: Chennault and wife Anna Born in Beijing, China on June 23, 1925, Chen Xiangmei "received a B.A. degree in Chinese from Lingnan University in Hong Kong in 1944, and an honorary Doctor of Literature degree from Chungang in Seoul, Korea in 1967". She "began her career as a journalist, serving as a war correspondent for the Central News Agency from 1944 to 1948. She was a feature writer for the Hsin Ming Daily News in Shanghai, China from 1944 to 1949." Chen Xiangmei was married in 1947 to Claire Lee Chennault, who was more than 32 years her senior and died in 1958. She has two children, Claire Anna (born in 1949) and Cynthia Louise (born in 1950). Her husband's death has not seemed to have slowed her career: "She served as a special correspondent for the Central News Agency from 1965 to the present [1999] and as a U.S. correspondent for the Hsin Shen Daily News from 1958 to the present [1999]. In addition, she was a broadcaster for the Voice of America from 1963 to 1966." In addition, Chen Xiangmei served as an editor and public relations officer for the Civil Air Transport in Taipei, Taiwan, from 1946 until 1957. After her husband's death, Chennault was vice-president of international affairs for the Flying Tiger Line. "She has served as president of TAC International from 1976 to the present [1999]." . "Chennault has been a member of the President's Advisory Committee for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts since 1970.served as a member of the United States National Committee for UNESCO from 1970 to the present [1999].as president of Chinese Refugee Relief from 1962 to 1970 and has served as president of the General Claire Chennault Foundation from 1960 to the present [1999]." . Chennault "has served as a committeewoman of the Washington, D.C. Republican Party since 1960.was the founder and chairperson of the National Republican Asian Assembly" and has advocated greater participation in political affairs by Chinese-and other Asian-Americans, and also has discussed relations between the U.S. and China. . She has also promoted her husband's legacy. In 1976, she came to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for a ceremony honoring Chennault hosted by the city Mayor-President W.W. Dumas and then Governor Edwin Washington Edwards. Chennault grew up near Waterproof and Ferriday, Louisiana. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** AWARDS: The Freedom Award of the Order of Lafayette (1966) The Freedom Award from the Free China Association (1966) The Award of Honor from the Chinese-American Alliance (1971) . NOTES ON SPECIFIC COPIES: Copy 1 are signed by Anna. . Copy 4 these are presentation copies to friends, and signed by Anna in unclipped dust jackets. . *** REFERENCE: wikipedia-org/wiki/Anna_Chennault *.
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