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The Flying Tigers were formally incorporated into the U.S. Army in 1942. Chennault retired in 1945Events January January 5 The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland. January 7 British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference in which he claims credit for victory in the Battle of the Bulge. January 12 World War II: shortly before the Allied victory in the PacificFor other meanings of pacific see pacific (disambiguation). The Pacific Ocean (from the Spanish Pacifico meaning peaceful is the world's largest body of water. It encompasses a third of the Earth's surface, having an area of 179. 7 million km² (69. 4 mill. He returned to China as an adviser to its air force.

Chennault, who unlike Joseph StilwellStilwell with Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek. Joseph Warren Stilwell ( March 19, 1883 October 12, 1946) was a United States Army four-star general known for his service in China. His military career was unique: throughout it he rarely commanded had a high opinion of Chiang Kai-shekChiang Kai-shek ( October 31, 1887 April 5, 1975) was a Chinese military and political leader who assumed the leadership of the Kuomintang (KMT) after the death of Sun Yat-sen in 1925. He commanded the Northern Expedition to unify China against the warlor, advocated international support for Asian anti-communist movements. In 1946Events January January 4 Theodore Schurch becomes the last person to be executed for offences committed under the Treachery Act of 1940 January 7 Allied recognize Austrian republic with 1937 borders the country is divided into four occupation zones Januar he purchased several surplus military aircraft and created Civil Air TransportCivil Air Transport CAT was a CIA-owned airline that supported United States covert operations throughout East and Southeast Asia. CAT was created by General Claire L. Chennault and Whiting Willauer in 1946 as Chinese National Relief and Rehabilitation Ad (later Air AmericaThis article is about the airline. See Air America (movie) for the movie and Air America Radio for the liberal radio network. Air America was an airline secretly owned by the CIA that supplied covert operations in Southeast Asia during the Second Indochin). These aircraft supported the KuomintangThe Kuomintang (KMT; Traditional Chinese: Hanyu Pinyin: Zhongguo Guomindng; Wade-Giles: Chung-kuo Kuo-min-tang; Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongguo Guomindang; literally the National People's Party of China , also known as the Nationalist Party is a political party against Mao Zedong's Communists in the Chinese Civil War and assisted the French during the First Indochina War. Chennault died in 1958 and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. He is commemorated by a statue in the ROC capital of Taipei, as well as by monuments on the grounds of the Louisiana state capitol at Baton Rouge, and at Chennault Air Force Base , in Lake Charles, Louisiana.