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Title
Military pilot recruiter Russell Hearn in (Chinese?) military uniform with medals, 1937
Date Created and/or Issued
1937
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
US
Description
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
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_0238
0238
ark:/21198/zz002d9gb1
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Mercenaries (Soldiers)
People
War
Hearn, Russell L
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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