MAJOR GENERAL CLAIRE LEE CHENNAULT
April 23, 2003
(With honorary grade of lieutenant general)Maj. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault was a World War II leader of the famed Flying Tigers in China, for whom Chennault Air Force Base, Lake Charles, La., is named. He was born Commerce, Texas, 1890; died New Orleans, La., July 27, 1958.Claire Chennault, legendary