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COMMAND & OPERATIONS CAVE PLUS PARK DEVELOPMENT

GUILIN, CHINA

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REQUEST for CONTRIBUTIONS and ARTIFACTS

!WORLD HEADQUARTERS: 21133 JIMMERSALL LN • GROVELAND, CA USA 95321

Flying Tiger Historical Organization

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HONORING THE PAST FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE

a NON-PROFIT 501 (c)3 ORGANIZATION • E.I.N. 26-1492466

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION 4 ..............................................................................................................

BACKGROUND 4 ................................................................................................................

GUILIN IS THE GARDEN SPOT OF CHINA 5 ....................................................................

FLYING TIGER HERITAGE PARK COMMAND and OPERATIONS CAVE 5 ......................

CONTRIBUTIONS to GENERAL CHENNAULT's CAVE and PARK 8 ................................

China celebrates each returning Flying Tiger as a Hero 9 ..................................................

The Chinese say thank you everywhere they go 10 ...........................................................

ABOUT US 22.....................................................................................................................

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Museum will be dedicated on March 28th, 2015

!Park completion planned for

September 2015

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INTRODUCTION The Flying Tiger Historical Organization, Inc. (FTHO), is a California non-profit organization, registered with the IRS as a 501(c) 3. We are seeking donations to develop General Chennault’s Command and Operations Cave and Park in Guilin, China

Our project, in cooperation with the Chinese, is to develop Flying Tiger Heritage Park and restore General Chennault’s Command and Operations cave located in Guilin, China. This will provide citizens of both countries, and the world, a first-hand opportunity to see, hear and understand the significance of what transpired in China during World War II.

BACKGROUND Beginning with this new century, China has recognized the contribution to the war effort and the friendship developed with the Flying Tigers. The first strong signal was when China erected a statue in Kunming, China to honor “Hump" pilots who lost their lives flying the Hump.

!Yang Tang 2004 from cave entrance. Larry Jobe and K.C. Ma have been bringing hundreds of USA travelers to visit General Chennault's Command and Operations Cave each year.

!In 2006, with inspiration and vision from retired Major General James Whitehead (USAF), we approached Chinese Government officials on raising funds to restore the Cave. The officials were receptive. In a letter dated December 21, 2006, the China International Culture Exchange Foundation invited the FTHO to raise funds to restore the interior of the cave as well as to raise donations of valuable and cultural artifacts.

"The attached pictures show how the cave is to be restored. It will be restored to its WW II livery, fully accessible to all visitors. These two

parts will cost about $400,000 USD, your donation can help make this a reality and is deeply appreciated..." (Note: Park project has now expanded to $3,500,000 with Chinese matching us 4 to 1.)

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GUILIN IS THE GARDEN SPOT OF CHINA Guilin is well known as the garden spot of China and a favorite destination of Chinese tourists. It is also rapidly becoming a must-see for Western tourists. This desirable destination, with its ease of access, insures that the Flying Tigers Heritage Park will be available to all, keeping the legend of the Flying Tigers alive for decades to come.

FLYING TIGER HERITAGE PARK COMMAND and OPERATIONS CAVE Since 2006, the government has acquired all the land (over 120 acres) surrounding the Command and Operations Cave for developing the Flying Tiger Heritage Park.

In 2007, the Flying Tiger Historical Organization, Inc. (FTHO) was established to "Save the Cave", with James Whitehead as Chairman, Larry Jobe as President and K.C. Ma as Board Member.

On March 22, 2009, the Chinese government held a highly publicized ground breaking ceremony. This event was prominently featured on TV news stations as well as a number of newspapers in China.

! American travel group attending ground breaking ceremony in March 2009. !

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Mr. Chen, former Mayor of Guilin and now Director of Tourism Administration of Guangxi Provincial Government, chats with

FTHO President Larry Jobe during ground breaking ceremonies in Guilin on March 22, 2009. !!Museum under construction due to be completed March 28, 2015. General Claire Chennault’s Command and Operations Cave is located just to the left in the picture under the white square. Cornerstone laid in 2009 is at bottom left of picture.!

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MUSEUM BUILDING AND PARK CONCEPTION !The museum building is located just below actual cave which sits in the hillside to the left. Cave location is pointed to by arrow in picture below.

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Construction as of October 2014

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!!!!!!! Front of museum with sharks teeth Dome takes shape

!!!!!!!! Right side of museum Windows represent P 40 exhaust stacks

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Relative position of Command and Looking towards old airfield from cave.

Operations Cave to museum.

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CONTRIBUTIONS to GENERAL CHENNAULT's CAVE and PARK Your contributions are for the development of Flying Tiger Heritage Park and restoration of General Chennault’s Command and Operations Cave. The Chinese Government is matching our funds 4 to 1. Flying Tiger Heritage Park will include a museum, replica buildings, memorial walls, statues and General Chennault’s operations and command cave.

Lingui County is the overall Project Manager for the Flying Tiger Heritage Park Project. Our contributions are authorized though CICEF, a department of CICEC.

Mr. Gao Mr. Yuan Ambassador Cui

Former San Francisco Chinese Consul General Mr. Gao gave the FTHO exceptional support and the current Consul General, Mr. Yuan Nansheng continues to do so. The Chinese Embassy in Washington DC has also been very supportive.

The painting to the left is by Roy Grinnell and best depicts the feelings the Chinese have for the Flying Tigers.

Until the arrival of the Flying Tigers in December of 1941 the Japanese had bombed the Chinese at will. The Flying Tigers, under General Claire Chennault, put a stop to the indiscriminate bombings.

These “friends in the sky” are well remembered and revered in China today.

FTHO has purchased a large Giclee of this painting which was donated to the museum.

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China celebrates each returning Flying Tiger as a Hero

Four Flying Tigers from the 14th Army Air Force, 528 Fighter Squadron who flew out of an air field located just outside the wall of the city of Xian. They returned in March 2004 and where honored wherever they went in China. !Tigers are – David Thompson, Joe Walters, Bill Creech, Hank Snow with Wang, Xue Si, Deputy Secretary General of Chongqing People’s Municipal Government, Mr. Pan, Mayor of Chongqing, Mr. Wang, Qing Yu, Director of Chongqing Tourism Bureau. !!

Mr. Pan, Mayor of Chongqing, after meeting with Flying Tigers Mr. Bill Creech and Mr. Hank Snow shows them into the banquet hall. !! !

!!Banquet with Mr. Hong, Governor of Shaanix Province and four of the14th Army Air Force 528th fighter group Flying Tigers in March of 2004. !

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The Chinese say thank you everywhere they go !

!Welcome banquet hosted by Governor Mr. Long in March of 2004. In the foreground is Mr. Karl Bennett, nephew of John E. S. Disney, Flying Tiger killed in China in WW II. Mr. Bennett was able, with the help of local villagers, to locate his uncles’ grave. !!!! !!Mayor Mr. Mu of Guilin meets with Mr. Karl Bennett. The two ladies are Mrs. Emma Bennett, Karl’s Mother and Mrs. Audrey Pennington, Karl’s Aunt. !!!!!!!

George Pappas is greeted as a returning hero upon his arrival in Wuhan in March 2008. He wore his original uniform from WW II. Also present are two other WW II veterans, Mr. Tom Milldebrandt Who served in the Navy on a boat that went up the Yangtze River collecting surrendered Japanese at wars end and Mr. Al Tinker Who flew C46’s and C47’s over the Hump in the CBI theater. !!!!!! ! of 2410

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Entrance to General Chennault’s Operations and Command cave sits just below engraving placed by the Chinese to commemorate this site.

Stone carving placed by Mrs. Anna Chennault, widow of General Chennault, at the entrance to the Operations and Command cave. The inscription reads - “The rock on which Gen Chennault stood to watch air combats.”

!!!Standing in front of General Chennault's Command and Operations cave at the old Yang Tang Airport are Mr. Li, Director of Tourist Bureau of Guilin, KC Ma, Larry Jobe and Vice Director of Lingui County Ms Qing. !The stone stile identifies this as the future site of the Flying Tiger Heritage Park. Taken in March of 2008, Ground Breaking Ceremonies were held on this site in March of 2009.

PRC EMBASSY EVENT WITH ANNA CHENNAULT

Anna Chennault pictured with, left to right- , Minister Counselor Heng Xiao Jun, FTHO Vice President KC Ma, WW II Vet Jerry Yellin, Minister Mr. Lu Kang, FTHO Chairman General Jim Whitehead, Cynthia Chennault, Nell Calloway, General Chennault’s Granddaughter, FTHO Goodwill Ambassador Kerry Brogan, Flying Tiger Paul Crawford, Kathrine Stevens, wife of Flying Tiger Senator Ted Stevens, FTHO President Larry Jobe. !

FTHO Board Members at Chinese Embassy Washington, DC for Gala event held September 17, 2013

Left to right- Larry Jobe, KC Ma

Nell Calloway, Paul Crawford

Ambassador Cui

General Whitehead

Kerry Brogan, Michael Bianco

Minister Counselor Heng Xiao Jun.

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!San Francisco People’s Republic of China Consulate and Counsel General Yuan !

FTHO Chairman, President and Vice President meet with San Francisco Counsel General Mr. Yuan Nansheng (center), Deputy Consul General Mr. Bi Gang (far right), and Culture Counselor Mr. Xiao Xia Yong (far left). The occasion was the initial meeting to plan an event in consort with the San Francisco Consulate to honor the Flying Tigers.

!San Francisco Counsel General Mr. Yuan Nansheng presents Captain Moon Fun Chin with a certificate for his service in WW II. Four FTHO board members are present. !

China Aviation Museum

Larry Jobe meets Mr. Qi, Director of China Aviation Museum in March, 2009. This is the largest aviation museum in Asia located at an old air base just outside Beijing. !!! Tourist group assembled with Mr. Qi, Director of China Aviation Museum, his staff and tour leader Larry Jobe, President Flying Tiger Historical Organization, in March 2009. !! ! of 2413

Guilin Dignitaries at Banquet March 22, 2009

Mr. Guang Shi, Vice Secretary General Mr. Pang Tie Jian, Deputy Director Guangxi Aviators Association Guilin Municipal Tourism Bureau

Dignitaries gathered for news conference prior to banquet in honor of ground breaking for Flying Tiger Heritage Park. !They are left to right- Mr. Li, Fu Sheng, Director of Tourism Bureau of Lingui County, Mrs. Wei, Rong Juan, Vice General Manager of Guilin Rong Hu International Travel Service, Mr. Bai, General manager of Hebei Oriental International Travel

Service, Mr. Pang, Tie Jian, Deputy Director of Guilin Municipal Tourism Bureau, Mr. Larry Jobe, President Flying Tiger Historical Organization, Mrs. Nina Jobe, Travel Aire Tours, Mr. KC Ma, President Asia Holiday Travel, Mr. Liu, Guang Shi, Vice Secretary General of Guangxi Aviators Association. !Former San Francisco Consul General Mr. Gao Host dinner for FTHO Board members

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Counsel General Mr. Gao Artifacts FTHO Board members & other guest !People’s Friendship Conference in Beijing May 2014 !

Princess Angelika Tuku’Aho of Tonga !Christopher Nixon Cox

President People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping ! !

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meet with Vice Premier Liu Yandong in the Great Hall of the People’s Republic of China. !Madam LI President of Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign

Countries

FTHO’s KC Ma and General Whitehead Present Madam Li with Life Time membership in the Flying Tiger Historical Organization at luncheon in San Diego in August 2014.

!!!FTHO President Larry Jobe and Mrs. Jobe aboard the Yangtze one with the Captain. This is the ship used by high government officials when traveling on the Yangtze River. !!!!!

!!FTHO Chairman General Whitehead with Dr. Cynthia Chennault, General Chennault’s daughter, Nell Calloway, General Chennault’s Granddaughter and FTHO President Larry Jobe at event in Los Angles honoring China veterans in September 2009. !! ! of 2416

!!!CONGRESSIONAL CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION

Presented by the Honorable Jackie Speier on September 23, 2010 !! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! of 2417

!!!!Congresswoman Judy Chu

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Guilin Support for Flying Tiger Heritage Park

Larry Jobe, KC Ma with Director of Tourist Admin. Of Guilin Lin Yejiang Mar. 2010. !

General Whitehead with Guilin Deputy Mayor Chen Li Hua March 2012. FTHO presented artifacts for museum display.

L C Mr.Li, Director Tourist I O Administration N U Guilin, Hank G N DeGraaf, Ms Zhu U T Deputy Director I Y Lingui County.

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Consul General Brian L. Goldbeck made his first official visit to Guilin. 2004 Mayor of Guilin, Mr. Chen ! ! of 2419

Pictured with Mayor Li, Mr. Goldbeck presents Larry Jobe rubbing visited the Flying Tiger Heritage Park of stone monument which is construction site and cave location. in front of command cave. Random scenes from People’s Republic of China Embassy in Washington DC

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FLYING TIGER HISTORICAL ORGANIZATION BOARD BOARD OF DIRECTORS

!HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS:

!ADVISORY BOARD OF DIRECTORS

NAME TITLE BACKGROUND

James Whitehead Chairman Major General United States Air Force (Retired) Chairman of the Board - Minter Field Aviation Museum

Larry Jobe President Retired United Airlines International Pilot President of Travel Aire Tours

KC Ma Vice President

Consultant of Tourist Administration of Hebei Provincial Government of Peoples Republic China President of Asia Holiday Travel

Dave Thuillez Secretary A Licensed Architect, holds the National Council Architectural of Registration Board (NCARB) Certification.

Patti Jobe Treasurer Retired- 30 years as Account in Real Estate Development Industry. Assistant Controller Menlo Equities, LLC

Phil VanZandt Director Flying Tiger and WW II Historian, resident of Guilin, China for several years, retired business owner.

Joe Y. Eng Director United States Army (Ret.)

Paul Crawford 14 AAF Flying Tiger

Bob (Tic Toc) Ingersol 14 AAF Flying Tiger

Hank Snow 14 AAF Flying Tiger

Jonna Doolittle Hoppes Jimmy Doolittle’s Granddaughter

Capt. Moon Fun Chin Hump Route Pioneer

Cynthia Chennault Gen. Chennault’s Daughter

Nell Calloway Gen. Chennault’s Granddaughter

Florence Lee Fang Honorary Board Chairman

Brigadier General James!P. Hendrickson USAF

(Ret)Christopher Nixon Cox

NAME BACKGROUND

Clay Lacy CEO/Founder- Clay Lacy Aviation, Aviation Hall of Fame Inductee

Dr. Pedro Chan Collector and Donor Flying Tiger Artifacts

Michael Bianco Chairman of American Capital Markets Group

Judge Michael Ward Administrative Law Judge

Thomas K. Jue CPA

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!ABOUT US !TAX STATUS The Flying Tiger Historical Organization, Inc. is a non-profit corporation, incorporated in the State of California on November 1, 2007. Our Employer Identification Number (EIN) is 26-1492466. We received our Determination Letter from the Internal Revenue Service granting our tax exempt 501 (c) 3 status on September 9, 2008.

MISSION STATEMENT The Flying Tiger Historical Organization is the premier non-profit organization preserving the shared history, sacrifices, and heroics between the American and Chinese people during World War II. !The Flying Tiger Historical Organization promotes continued friendship, cultural understanding, and cooperation between our peoples by developing the Flying Tiger Heritage Park and restoring General Claire L. Chennault’s Command and Operations Cave. !

Honoring the Past – Foundation for the Future !CONTACT US !Flying Tiger Historical Organization, Inc. !Major General James T. Whitehead Jr., USAF (Ret.) Larry Jobe, President 7501 Calle Nobleza 21133 Jimmersall Ln. Bakersfield, CA 93309 Groveland, CA 95321 (661) 837-1551 (209) 962-5501 jtsl0509@sbcglobal.net larryjobe1@gmail.com !!FLYING TIGER HISTORICAL ORGANIZATION PARTNERED WITH CHENNAULT AVIATION AND MILITARY MUSEUM

Mel McGowan Business Owner and Executive

Rob Custer Retired County officer/Pilot

Hao Danny Wu Flying Tigers (Beijing) General Aviation Co., Ltd.

Patrick Bergin CFO Tel-Tec Security Systems

Charles Michael Retired Account Executive Ethyl

Alan Mutke President of Alan Mutke & Associates International

John A. Sanders Screen Writer, Historian

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!Nell Calloway, director of Chennault Aviation and Military Museum, (granddaughter of General Claire Chennault) and the Flying Tiger Historical Organization have joined forces to help each other in their efforts to remind, remember and honor all who served in China in WW II. Our two organizations are building on and promoting the goodwill and friendship left by American forces with the Chinese people. Nell’s project is a mobile museum which will be able to educate as it tours about our country as well as possibly overseas. Flying Tiger Heritage Park will be a permanent monument to the men and women, both American and Chinese, who preserved our freedom in WW II. !!!!!

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!Feared by the Japanese

Welcomed by the Chinese The shark’s teeth came to symbolize ALL American Forces in China. !!

In cooperation with a grateful Chinese people Flying Tiger Heritage Park is being built.

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The friendships established between the Chinese people and the Flying Tigers gives us a bridge to span the decades and again allows our two great nations to work together

for a better world. !Honoring The Past

Foundation for the Future

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Major General Claire Lee Chennault

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