Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. From Life magazine, August 30, 1937: Russell Hearn … who has the rank of Lieutenant General in the Chinese Army, proposed in Los Angeles to recruit U.S. volunteers for China. ... Related to Los Angeles Times article, August 3, 1937, "War Recruiting Here Banned, Enlisting of Aviators for Service in China Stirs Federal Warning." Recruiting of American aviators in Los Angeles for service in China against the Japanese came under scrutiny of the United States government yesterday. … It was reported exclusively in The Times Sunday that Lieut.-Gen. Russell Hearn, soldier-of-fortune, is assembling military trained flyers for service in China. … Russell Hearn, in military uniform with 5 medals, holding pipe and cane, with goatee, standing on dirt road with hill in background
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Mercenaries (Soldiers) People War Hearn, Russell L
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