Claire Lee Chennault

World War I SinoJapanese War World War II

Chennault was born in Commerce, Texas, to John Stonewall Jackson Chennault and Jessie Chennault. He grew up in the Louisianan towns of Gilbert and Waterproof. He began misrepresenting his year of birth as either 1889 or 1890, possibly because he was too young to attend college after he graduated from high school, so his father added three years to his age.

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