The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-05

said to be case of general break down, upset nerves, deafness and bad eyesight. That was in 1887 Chennault had to go to China and teach his ideas to volunteers, prov- ing his theories in actual combat under terrific handicaps to win rec- ognition in the United States, to be promoted from the captaincy at which he had been retired, to tenn porary rank as brigadier general.
 But even this does not salve over the issue, for long before Chennault was brigadier general in the U. S. Army, he had been made brigadier general in the Chinese army, re- sponsible only to Chiang Kai-Shek Now China's Central News Agency reports the AVG will become U s. Air Corps pursuit squadron on July 4, with Chennault remaining in command--and also becoming commander -in- chief of American forces in China.
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 The alternative Is that he comes back to the U. s. to ram his theories of combat down the throats of tac- tisians who, less than 10 years ago. wouldn't permit Chennault to teach his advanced ideas, though he was at one time chief instructor of the Pursuit Section in the Air Corps Tactical School at Maxwell Field, Ala.
 Chennault has been fundamen- tally a teacher all his adult life. He was born at Commerce, Tex, in 1890, attended Louisiana State University, Louisiana State Nor- nal and business college. He , taught at the business college one year and was a high school prin- cipal for four years. During World War I he signed up for Officers Training School, was commissioned in infantry and then transferred to avaition section of the Signal Corps.
 He never saw action in France, but stayed in the Army and served at various posts, including Ha- waii. Brought back to the United States as captain in the late 1920s, he was assigned as an instructor at the primary flying school, Brooks Field, Tex, for two years, and as director of flying until 1880, when he was sent to the Air Corps Tactical School, then at Langley Field, Va, as @ student. On Graduation, he was kept on duty as an instructor and when the school was moved to Maxwell Field, Captain Chennault went with it.
 It was at Maxwell Field that Chennault organized "The Three Mon on a Flying Trapeze," with Lieutenants H. S. HanseIl and J. H. Williamson. Chennault's idea on how aerial warfare should be taught and fought were beginning to take shape. Basically, the ideas were that two or three airplanes, working to gether, were better than one.
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 To prove his ideas workable, Chennault lined up his three planes in V formation, took two 30-foot lengths of rope and tied the inner wing tips of the outside planes to the adjacent wing tip of the leading center plane. Thus tied together, the three planes performed in uni- son all the loops, rolls, turns, spins and dives other stunt flyers per- formed solo.
 Chennahlt was made a major, but still wasn't permitted to go all-out in teaching his revolutionary tactics. Two years later he was de- noted to captain and retired out of the Army, an old man of 47, consid- cred no good for flying.
 There has been some agitation to have Chennault brought back to the United States to supervise the training of pursuit squadrons. according to his ideas. The Japs would probably love it, but a number of Army brass hats would have to go bit red in the face if he were. Either way, the Chennault tactics are the hottest thing in the air today and you will hear much more about them as the war grows older.