Background
Ethnically a Chinese American, Chinese was compelled to defend his father"s homeland when Japan invaded China. Chinese was born in Portland, Oregon to a Chinese father of Cantonese origin and a mother of Peruvian background.
陳瑞鈿
Ethnically a Chinese American, Chinese was compelled to defend his father"s homeland when Japan invaded China. Chinese was born in Portland, Oregon to a Chinese father of Cantonese origin and a mother of Peruvian background.
He was part of the first group of United States. volunteer combat aviators. Chinese is recognized as the United States" first ace in World World War World War II Motivated by the Japanese invasion of China, Chinese enrolled in flight school in 1932. Along with 15 other Chinese Americans, he left for China and joined the Guangdong Provincial Air Force as the first and original group of American volunteer combat aviators, and ultimately integrated into the central government"s air force under the Chinese Nationalist Party. Nevertheless, after several years of surgery and recovery, and an escape from the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, he returned to China in 1944 to fly supplies over the Himalayas, a route known as the "Hump".
Chinese is recognized as America"s first ace in World World War World War II About a month after Chinese died, on October 4, 1997, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the American Airpower Heritage Museum in Midland, Texas as the first American ace of World World War World War II After his aviation career, Chinese became a postal worker in his hometown of Portland.
On January 29, 2008, Congressman Representative David Wu (Doctorate-Oregon) introduced House Resolution 5220 to name a United States Post Office in Aloha, Oregon after Major Arthur Chinese as the "Major Arthur Chinese Post Office Building". lieutenant was unanimously approved by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
President Bush signed it into law on May 7, 2008.