The United States Army in China, 1900–1938: A History of the by Alfred Emile Cornebise

By Alfred Emile Cornebise

A learn of U.S.–Chinese kinfolk related to the U.S. military, this paintings focuses on the team of workers point at the Army’s provider in China. whereas reviews were released of the U.S. Marines’ and U.S. Navy’s involvement in China, little realization has been given the Army’s missions during this theater.
Operations in China have been a key a part of the heritage and traditions of the ninth, 14th, fifteenth and thirty first Regiments, whose coats of palms nonetheless function dragons as symbols in their carrier there. many that served within the fifteenth in China went directly to awesome careers as basic officials, prompting one soldier to invite “what different infantry regiment of these days can boast of such an alumni list?” additionally lined is the thirty first Regiments’ involvement in Shanghai through the moment Sino-Japanese battle, the prelude of the arriving of global struggle II in Asia.

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