General Claire Lee Chennault awards Purple Heart, Distinguished Flying Cross, and Air Medals to US airmen in China, congratulates Chinese airmen on downed Japanese planes

CU US Army Air Forces General Claire Lee Chennault with US airmen / CU Chennault walks toward camera / MLS Chennault with back to camera with airmen at attention facing camera, B-17 Flying Fortress in background / VS Chennault pins Distinguished Flying Cross medal on Col. Herbert Morgan, Jr. of Freedom, PA / VS Chennault pins Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal on Maj. Grant Mahoney of Vallejo, CA / MLS rear view airmen standing at attention as airman walks toward Chennault in background with B-17 behind him / VS Chennault pins Air Medal on Capt. Bert Carleton of Proctor, TX / VS Chennault pins Air Medal on First Lt. Joseph Dockwiller of Syracuse, NY / VS Chennault pins Air Medal on First Lt. Lucian Youngblood of Houston, TX / VS Chennault prepares to pin Purple Heart on Capt. Jesse Carney of Norman, OK / VS Carney's fellow airmen shake hands and congratulate him on medal / CU Carney, TILT DOWN to Purple Heart on his tunic / MS Carney & others walking / MS Chennault has medal pinned on his epaulet / VS US airman conferring with Chinese airmen on plane with Japanese flag stamps on side indicated number of Japanese planes shot down / VS Chennault reviews, shakes hands, with Chinese airmen / MWS Chinese airmen salute Chennault