flying tigers
The 1st American Volunteer Group
(AVG) of the Chinese Air Force in 1941–1942,
nicknamed the Flying Tigers,
comprised pilots from the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC),
Navy (USN), and Marine Corps (USMC),
recruited under presidential authority and commanded by Claire Lee Chennault.
The shark-faced nose art of the Flying Tigers remains among the most recognizable image of any individual combat aircraft or combat unit of World War II.
The group comprise three fighter squadrons of around 30 aircraft each. It trained in Burma before the American entry into World War II with the mission of defending China against Japanese forces
Flying Tigers
(a.k.a. Yank Over Singapore and Yanks Over the Burma Road)
is a 1942 black-and-white war film,
starring John Wayne and John Carroll
as pilots in the mercenary fighter group fighting the Japanese in China prior to the U.S. entry into World War II.
Flying Tigers
dramatized the exploits of
Americans already fighting the enemy in the Pacific.
It was unabashedly a propaganda film that was well received by a populace looking for a "flagwaver."[1]
Favorite John Wayne scene from Flying Tigers - YouTube
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The Flying Tigers stars John Wayne, who is fightin' mad as the squadron leader of a group of American ...John Wayne became an icon of the U.S. Armed Forces for depicting the strength and sacrifice of American military personnel during World War II, Korea and Vietnam:
The Flying Tigers (1942);
The Fighting Seabees (1944);
They Were Expendable (1945);
Back to Bataan (1945);
The Sands of Iwo Jima (1949);
The Flying Leathernecks (1951);
Operation Pacific (1951);
The Longest Day (1962);
In Harm's Way (1965); and
The Green Berets (1968).
These films had the international effect of publicizing America's military might and moral values, as demonstrated when Japanese Emperor Hirohito visited the United States in 1975 and asked to meet John Wayne.
American Minute with Bill Federer
"Mad Anthony" Wayne & John Wayne - "Face the Flag, son...and thank God it's still there."
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