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Chennault

American  
[shuh-nawlt] / ʃəˈnɔlt /

noun

  1. Claire Lee 1890–1958, U.S. Air Force general.


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Chennault founded the Flying Tigers as a group of American pilots flying for China’s air force.

From Seattle Times

They were later absorbed by the U.S. military when it expanded its operations in China and put Chennault in command.

From Seattle Times

On October 31, John Mitchell, Nixon’s campaign manager, picked up the phone and called a woman named Anna Chennault.

From Literature

“Anna, I’m speaking on behalf of Mr. Nixon,” Mitchell told Chennault.

From Literature

Born in China in 1925, Chennault was fiercely anti-communist, and chair of the Republican Women for Nixon.

From Literature