<p>A Chinese soldier guards American P-40 fighter planes painted with the “Flying Tigers” emblem, c. 1942<br />
Location in China unknown (possibly Kunming)<br />
Courtesy of the National Archives at College Park, MD, Still Picture Unit, 208-AA-12X-42; © CORBIS</p>

A Chinese soldier guards American P-40 fighter planes painted with the “Flying Tigers” emblem, c. 1942
Location in China unknown (possibly Kunming)
Courtesy of the National Archives at College Park, MD, Still Picture Unit, 208-AA-12X-42; © CORBIS

<p>Miao workers construct a runway surface, 1945<br />
Laohwangping Airfield, Guizhou Province<br />
Courtesy of the National Archives at College Park, MD, Still Picture Unit, 342FH-3A-01724-56672-AC</p>

Miao workers construct a runway surface, 1945
Laohwangping Airfield, Guizhou Province
Courtesy of the National Archives at College Park, MD, Still Picture Unit, 342FH-3A-01724-56672-AC

<p>General Claire Lee Chennault (Chen Nade) receives Christmas greetings from Chinese children, 1944<br />
Kunming, Yunnan Province<br />
Courtesy of the Claire Lee Chennault Papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University, Envelope C</p>

General Claire Lee Chennault (Chen Nade) receives Christmas greetings from Chinese children, 1944
Kunming, Yunnan Province
Courtesy of the Claire Lee Chennault Papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University, Envelope C