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LC-Lot 11614-3: Second Sino-Japanese War, July 1937-August 1945

<p>LC-Lot 11614-3: Second Sino-Japanese War, July 1937-September 1945.&nbsp;</p>
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Caption: Second Sino-Japanese War, July 1937-September 1945. Battle of Changsha, January 1942. Lieutenant General Joseph W. Stilwell, USA, decorates Captain Tsang Hsi-lan with the award of the Silver Star for gallantry in the air. The Chinese pilot, flying a fighter plane of the Chinese Air Force, is a courageous and aggressive attack requiring superior flying skill, saved the life and plane of an American flight leader during a heavy bomber raid on Japanese installations in Central China. He destroyed the enemy Zero aircraft which was attacking the flight leader’s crippled aircraft. Office of War Information Photograph. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/01/22).
Accession #: LC-Lot 11614-3
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